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neat....

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/r...wool/index.html

all you well dressed captains, take head!

GoF

ps

other stuff.... inc women's

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/r...ound/index.html

Come aboard my pirate re-enacting site

http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/

Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression!

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This came up on the 18thC list and I couldn't help posting it here. This is a doll dating 1690-1700. It's not a child's toy, but a delicate doll made for adults to admire. The construction of the clothing is reproduced exactly from full size versions.

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Foxe

"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707


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This is a doll dating 1690-1700. It's not a child's toy, but a delicate doll made for adults to admire. The construction of the clothing is reproduced exactly from full size versions.

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This doll and a number of 17th century/18th century items can be viewed online Via the V & A museum archive link.... you sign up and you get access to what ever items they have that have been photographed... granted maybe not the biggest selection but it helps steer one in the right direction. Since this doll is supposed to represent Lord Clapham (sp) I believe, there is one for Lady as well, I would hesitate to call it a fashion baby. But there were dolls, referred to as fashion babies, that were dressed in the current fashion to show buyers what they would be getting. Fashion babies were a tailors/merchants tool, not intended for children's toys.

Hector


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

Crewe of the Archangel

http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel#

http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/

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There are also photos of the doll stripped down to his waistcoat if anyone is interested. I could post them as well if someone would tell me how to do so on this list... seems whenever I try, nothing takes... B)

Hector


"I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers

Crewe of the Archangel

http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel#

http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/

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