Richard Gamble, a bachelor barber and perukemaker forever suing and being sued over unpaid debts, opens this short history of a colonial Virginia trade. It goes on to the wig shops of Williamsburg, their masters, servants and raw materials, the gentlemen who bought from them, and the knotted, bob and campaign wigs that were made, dressed and priced in the eighteenth century.
A small, well-documented look at everyday craft and fashion in colonial America. Download the free EPUB.