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Showing posts with label surviving garments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surviving garments. Show all posts
Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Women’s smocks or shifts in the seventeenth century: survivals, textiles, and cut and construction

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Terminology The word smock is used for the main item of women’s underwear throughout the seventeenth century. The term shift originally ...
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