tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post8180936549817964445..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: "A Morning Ramble" from 1782 Comes to Life in Colonial WilliamsburgUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-10414380546162798612014-03-31T13:48:35.125-04:002014-03-31T13:48:35.125-04:00Thanks for posting this! I missed ASECS this year ...Thanks for posting this! I missed ASECS this year and just so happen to be using this image for a talk on 18thc coxcombs so it was lovely to see this post on the image - which is marvellously rich.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617974825456590824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87374339001946567962014-03-24T16:25:46.192-04:002014-03-24T16:25:46.192-04:00GSGreatEscaper - According to Sarah's research...GSGreatEscaper - According to Sarah's research, the boxes represented different items that would have been for sale in the shop - "Love" was a kind of ribbon, and "Coxcomb" a kind of trim - but that also had double-entendre meanings. Love is obvious, but a coxcomb could also be one of the well-dressed young men who were flirting with the women. <br /><br />As for caps - yes, 18th c. caps were very diverse, and also had all sorts of different details to mark their wearers by age, station, occupation, and marital status. There were also styles for every degree of formality, and different times of the day. For example, the wonderfully extravagant cap that Sarah is wearing is for morning - not only because of its shape, but because its blue caul (the insert piece at the top) is made of colored silk, which was considered more informal. <br /><br />I wish someone would write THE definitive work on 18th c. caps - though it would probably be a lifetime's work! :)<br />Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576374311141262635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-44029220677252210422014-03-24T16:16:26.682-04:002014-03-24T16:16:26.682-04:00GSGreatEscaper (or anyone) - I don't think we ...GSGreatEscaper (or anyone) - I don't think we know enough to say who wore which caps when and where and why. If you know of sources that say or hint at such detail, please oh please let us know! sherribrarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277647626285102292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-38009621363463144432014-03-20T09:38:25.708-04:002014-03-20T09:38:25.708-04:00Concerning the labeled boxes - did they not repres...Concerning the labeled boxes - did they not represent the different types of caps available? My recollection is that the types of caps had names and that the type worn varied by age, rank, marital status and message to be conveyed. So the caps worn by widows were very different from those worn by young married women, those worn by the middle classes were different from those worn by flirtatious aristos ready for some action, etc. GSGreatEscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362042499522934670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87676329982173712352014-03-20T08:25:19.000-04:002014-03-20T08:25:19.000-04:00So sad I missed the conference this year. :(
-Emil...So sad I missed the conference this year. :(<br />-Emilyvintagevisions27https://www.blogger.com/profile/16769861744181538664noreply@blogger.com