Found at an antique shop in Louisiana,

alongside a dated portrait of it’s owner wearing it.

Only the hat was purchased, then it sold again, and again

with only a whisper of it’s story trailing behind..

c. 1790

Jefferson street

Natchitoches, Louisiana

Early American linen corset…

Worn by Miss Susanna Lincoln on her wedding day

January 14, 1779

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English silk moire bridal shoes with attached note:

Bride’s shoe (paste buckles missing) worn at her wedding

by Catharine Quested in October 1782

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Trapunto corded corset

owned by A.B. Colby…

from an estate in Lincoln, Massachussets

The Colbys were an old New England Family with several Abigails …

c. 1820

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antique chemise…

with owner’s initials

c. 1820-1830

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Rare metallic brocaded dress c. 1810

recently required from the descendants of

Revolutionary War veteran

Captain Rufus Lincoln (1751-1838)

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Silk on linen sampler

c. 1802

by Jane Bird

Silk on linen antique sampler

c. 1827

by Martha C. Hooton

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Fine white work, bobbin lace hankerchief…

crown emblem signifies it belonged

to a member of the royal family

c. 1800s

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