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Quilted Petticoats: worn by all women and useful in more ways than one!
They were an item of clothing that transcended any notions of class or status and worn throughout most of the eighteenth century by all women, from nobility down to fishwives. These petticoats had a variety of uses. Usually tied at either side of the waistband, they had a gap in the side seams which allowed access to a pair of pockets worn underneath.
Sep 18, 20246 min read
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Revealing the later life of Nelly O'Brien
Horace Walpole claimed that Bolingbroke asked Reynolds to give Diana’s eyes ‘something of Nelly O’Brien, or it will not do.’
Apr 15, 20246 min read
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