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Imatex - red velvet jacket, bound in blue, 1780-90s. This is a must-someday-make jacket
I'm a sucker for red, I'll admit. My second 18th century gown was red and still love it to pieces. Here are some firey 18th century reds to inspire you:



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Imatex - a southern European jacket, 1740s-60s ish
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Shoe-Icons - has more than just shoes! silk brocade gown of c. 1740
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MFA - red silk satin mitts, no date on MFA's website.
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V&A riding habit of red wool, a real stunner, 1770-75
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Colonial Williamsburg's eMuseum online, a quilted petticoat, 1758
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Via 1780-85. I love this atypical ensemble
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Museum at FIT, 1775 English gown, fabric from 1750s. YUM!
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National Trust - 1740-50; I had to end with shoes, of course!

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