Colonial American craftsmen

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The shoemakers

The wigmakers

Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and care of the wig.

The silversmiths

A story of early colonial silversmiths and how they created beautiful and useful objects of art. Silversmiths' terms: p40-41. Some Colonial American silversmiths and their marks; p42.44.

The wigmakers

Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and care of the wig.

The weavers

The Tanners

The wigmakers

Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and care of the wig.

The shoemakers

Surveys the history and technique of shoemaking in colonial America, noting the influence of the craftsman and his craft on Revolutionary times.

The weavers

The silversmiths

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