William Carter, master shirt maker from Waterbury, Vermont pauses a moment before attaching hand-made Dorset thread buttons to a white laced linen shirt. He is a long-time personal friend and joined us at Ft. Frederick Market Fair.
Bill has been sewing, researching and collecting original shirts for more than 20 years. Contact him at (802) 244-1157 to inquire about or order his museum quality shirts. Beautiful work, entirely hand-stitched with needle and thread.
Hi Bill, I realise this is not a SHIRT question, but wondered if you could advise. What size buttons were commonly used on civilian frock coats around 1720-1740 ?
Posted by: Keith H. Burgess | June 06, 2009 at 08:19 PM
Keith, sorry, I have not focused on frock coats so even though I could make a good guess I shall decline at this time.
Posted by: Bill Carter | June 10, 2009 at 06:35 PM