Naper Settlement presents the beauty and perils of 19th-century clothing in the new exhibit, "Infrastructure: Creating 19th Century Clothing Then and Now." Now on view through Nov. 3, 2023, ...
WILLIAMSBURG — More than 240 years ago, a man named James B. Patterson stuck a paper label on the bottom of a pair of ivory-colored silk satin slippers with his handwritten name and the words, “shoes ...