American Colonial style 18th century

Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts, American, colonial, architecture

Old State House (Georgian), Boston, Massachusetts

American Colonial style 18th century.

Brief overview of the cultural epochs by using selected characteristic elements of style.

American colonial costumes from 1760 and 1717. Man and woman Puritan costumes. Quaker costume.

American Colonial furniture, spinning wheels and lighting articles: Arm chair, highboy, Paul Revere lantern, candlestick, cradle, ladder back chair, gate leg table, butterfly table, spinning wheel for flax and a wool spinning wheel.

American Colonial furniture and Architectural decorations.

American, colonial, living, room, drapery, cornice, design, furniture

American colonial living room

American colonial living room drapery with wood cornice.

Map, English, American, Settlements, 17th Century, Colonies

English American Settlements later Part of 17th Century

English American Settlements

Underlined names were English Colonies before 1700.
Map by Longmans, Green & Co. Ldt. London, New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta & Madras. Map XXVI.




Note:  Residents of Norton Sound of the Bering Sea, Alaska.

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The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Beauty: 40 Projects for Period-Accurate Hairstyles, Makeup and Accessories by Lauren Stowell & Abby Cox.


Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail by Avril Hart & Susan North. From cut and construction to fabric and trimmings.



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Couture: then and now Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically.