Introduction : collecting costumes at Colonial Williamsburg -- ch. 1. Costume : old and new connoisseurship -- ch. 2. The myths and meanings of clothing -- ch. 3. Homespun and silk : American clothing ...
WILLIAMSBURG — Much of the historic clothing that comes to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has a common thread: no one knows exactly who wore it. That’s not true of 20 garments donated this year ...