This print of the girl with the candle shows a very similar shift sleeve treatment as Mrs Skinner's -- a small ruffle with the shift sleeve just past the elbow. And if you will humor me and allow me to go off on a tangent for a moment. Check out the pin keeping her handkerchief closed. Cool detail huh?
Ok, back to shift sleeves. Take a look at the nosegay seller. I love using her as an example of a classic middlin' type. Check out her shift - again same treatment but displayed below a gown cuff. So let's look at another, "The Enraged Macaroni" - same type of gown, this time no ruffle.
Let's look at one more -"Piety
in Pattens" -- Little ruffle peeking out from a gown cuff
So, for my everyday shift, I will
opt for the same sleeve treatment as Mrs. Skinner, though with probably
not as fine a linen ruffle. But that's another post for another day.
Back to cutting
out linen,
Mrs. S.
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