1770s "Laylock" Bonnet 1930s This is a wired cap

This is a wired cap based on a print from 1774

"one callico long gown

Hips - up to 40 comfortably

The focus for this workshop will be on making gowns suitable to the early 1770s

"seven yards of new stamped linen

1770s "Laylock" Bonnet 1930s This is a wired capWhich black is the most common color for 18th century bonnets, other colors do appear in period descriptions and artwork. In the 18th century, "laylock" referred to a fashionable shade of purple or lilac. Here is our version of a fashionable "laylock" bonnet. It is made of silk taffeta and trimmed in a wide silk satin ribbon of a corresponding color. Bonnet is unlined, has tie in back for adjustment. Made from our standard size Larkin & Smith Bonnet