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Description: Neck and arm coverings (3 kerchiefs, 1 pair gloves, 2 pair mitts)

TitleNeck and arm coverings (3 kerchiefs, 1 pair gloves, 2 pair mitts)

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureBritish or American

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1780–1840

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsCotton, silk, leather

LocationColonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Accession numberG1974-377, G1983-303, G1974-376, 1986-206, G2000-20, 1991-445

SubjectsClothing and dressGreat Britain--Colonies--America--History--19th century

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Collaborative Consumption and the Politics of Choice in Early American Port Cities

Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor

Gender, Taste, and Material Culture in Britain and North America, 1700–1830

IN 1824, Ann Eleanor Vanrhyn, a shopkeeper in Charleston, South Carolina, tried one last time to collect on a long-unpaid debt...

Author

Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.125-146

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00205.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20179&redirecttoanchor=50580

Chapter subject tags:Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th centurySlavery--United States--HistoryEarly modern, 1500-1800--HistoryConsumer (Economic)--United States--18th centuryShops and shopping--United States--18th centuryWomen and gender--United States--History--18th centuryUnited States--Social life and customs--18th centuryClothing and dress--United States--History--18th centuryWomen consumers--United States--18th century

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