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An 18th Century Short Gown

An 18th Century short-gown is the same sort of garment as a bed gown, except, well… shorter.
Sort of. Mostly. Sometimes.

Here’s a well-dressed woman in her 18th Century bedgown, hanging out at the top of a mangrove tree. As you do.

My first Mrs Sandby Cap was far too respectable – so I sewed another one. With lace. Introducing: the Milkmaid’s Nightmare!

I took my new striped 1750s English gown for a spin, and accessorized it with a basket of oranges and my new Good Wives Linens lappet cap!

I love the cap patterns from Good Wives Linens. The mid-18th Century Mrs Sandby Cap Pattern makes a very serious lappet cap indeed!