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• American Textile History Museum

  Lowell, Massachussetts. Tells America’s story through the art, history, and science of its textiles.

  • Osborne Library

    The collections include books, pamphlets, government documents, trade catalogs, advertising material, prints, photographs & business records that record the history of textile production in the United States. Access to the library is by appointment only for researchers aged 18 years and over.

• Civil War Era Clothing

  Fashion plates, fashion 'chit-chats', links to museum originals, resources, definitions, sewing and constructions tips.

• Dressmakers in Brooklyn 1895

  Lain's Brooklyn & LI Business Directory of 1895.

• From Querns to Quilts - A select view of the material culture of Antigonish, Nova Scotia

  • Ladies' Accessories

  • Ladies' Daytime Wear

  • Ladies' Headgear

  • Ladies' Outerwear

  • Shoes and Shoemaking

• Lewis & Clark Tailor Made, Trail Worn: Army Life, Clothing, & Weapons of the Corps of Discovery

  A book by Robert J. Moore Jr.

• London College of Fashion: College Archive

  A digital record of the London College of Fashion archive.

• Regional Costumes of Italy

• Shambellie House Museum of Costume

  Scotland.

• Tartans of Scotland

  Register of all publicly known tartans online, which includes details and images of over 2,800 tartans.

• The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England

  A book by D. Brenton Simons.

• The Scottish Tartans Society

  Principal authority in the world on tartans and Highland dress. Established in 1963 on the initiative of the senior law officer on protocol and precedence in Scotland, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, Sir Thomas Innes of Learney.

• Victorian Mourning Etiquette

  Information on mourning dress in Victorian England.