President's Message | |
Foreword | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Introduction: Collecting Costumes at Colonial Williamsburg | p. 2 |
Costume: Old and New Connoisseurship | p. 16 |
The Myths and Meanings of Clothing | p. 52 |
Homespun and Silk: American Clothing | p. 76 |
Common Dress: Clothing for Daily Life | p. 106 |
Cradle to Coffin: Life Passages Reflected in Clothing | p. 140 |
Tailoring Meaning: Alterations in Eighteenth-Century Clothing | p. 182 |
Conclusion: Listening to Clothes | p. 208 |
Time Line | p. 216 |
Notes | p. 240 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 252 |
Index | p. 258 |
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