Young Girl c. 1750 (American)
by Jan Messent
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Young Girl c. 1750 (American)
by Jan Messent
At this time there was no distinction in the style of dress worn by children, but merely scaled down versions of adult fashions. Lacey caps, white aprons over their gowns, lace and frills around the necklines and falling over their lower arms.
Materials:
Hair: oddments of 4 ply.
Underskirt: 25 gm white 4 ply.
Dress: 30 gm pale pink 4 ply.
Apron and cap: 15 gm white 4 ply and oddments of white 4 ply.
Shoes and stockings: 10 gm of pink or yellow. 10 gm of white.
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