top of page

Sewing

DSC_9582.jpg

1630s English purple velvet gown; bodice from Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns, 2022

Cotton velvet, linen, lace

Handsewn

dsc_8389.jpg

1660s Dutch ensemble; bodice pattern taken from Patterns of Fashion 5

2019

Wool, linen, silk
Fully handsewn

DSC_1540_edited.png

1886 walking suit, 2024

Used for Real Clothes, Real Lives (2024-25) exhibition video at New-York Historical Society

Wool, cotton, millinery

Screen Shot 2022-12-15 at 10.20.04 PM.png

1915 wool walking suit for N-YHS interpreter Cheyney McKnight

2021

Wool suiting and polished cotton

IMG_5613-(ZF-3625-59916-1-001).jpg

1872 fancy-dress fashion plate reproduction, 2018

Used for interpretation at N-YHS

Poly peau de soie, cotton

DSC_9278 web.jpg

1871 robe à la transformation, 2019-20;

day bodice from pattern taken from an extant by Cassidy Percoco

Poly peau de soie, velvet, cotton

DSC_1858.jpg
1916 plaid dress

1630s blue men's suit for the interpretative wardrobe of Plimoth Patuxet Museums, 2016

(under the tutelage of Dan Rosen)

Wool, linen, thread-covered buttons

1916 plaid "Russian" dress for the N-YHS interpretative wardrobe, 2019

Cotton flannel & voile

  • facebook icon
  • twitter icon
  • linkedin icon

©2023 by Lucia Maigret. Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page