Sutlers and Vendors of 19th Century wares

Those seeking costume components and who are unsure should consult with more established LHS members prior to purchase. Remember, good work in the past does not mean reproductions meet current standards! Ask lots of specific questions of these sutlers, the good ones will know why their goods are made the way they are.

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Costume Suppliers (Mens, Shoes, and Hats)

• AzRA Historical Resources
• Bender's Hats
• C & D Jarnigan - Major supplier of ready-to-wear for living history, esp. Civil War
• Clearwater Hats - Hats for a wide variety of eras.
• Custom Vestments
• Dirty Billy's Hats - Emphasis is on Civil War and late nineteenth century.
• Dresden Dry Goods - repairs, recovers and restores original parasols; manufactures reproduction parasols; and manufactures cage crinolines.
• Fall Creek Sutler - Civil War Sutler who also stocks an assortment of civilian items
• Fugawee - men's and women's shoes and pewter buttons.
• Gentleman's Emporium - Civilian and Military men's clothing, writing materials for proper correspondence, bridal party attire and gifts.
• Grand Illusions Clothing Co. - Mens clothing and accessories
• James Country Mercantile Historically accurate patterns for 19th century clothing and a full line of 19th century clothing for men and women.
  
• James Townsend & Son has just about everything for a civilian, with an emphasis on late 18th and early 19th Century, suitable for older men of 1860
• Mason-Dixon Sewing Co. has authentic, quality clothing for the Civil War reenacting hobby.
• Mercury Supply Company Sutler - Mostly Civil War stock, good for accessories, shirts, and shoes
• Mrs. Christen's Miscellanea - Civil War Era civilian goods, both Vintage and reproduction
• River Junction Mercantile - Clothing, accessories, leathergoods and patterns;
• Thickitycreek Civil War Sutler - Assortment of both men's and women's things
• TP&H Trading Co. - The finest, most accurate men's hats by Tim Bender
• Thomas Lincoln Boots & Brogans - Correct 19th century men's shoes and boots which are very reasonably priced!
• Upper Mississippi Valley Sutler - Civil War items, accessories, shirts, and shoes

Costume Suppliers (Women's, Fabric, and Patterns)

• Alter Years - This site carries products from medieval to 1950s from many clothing and pattern companies
• Axfords - English corsetmakers since 1880,  many traditional styles and materials
• AzRA Historical Resources
• Custom Vestments
• Family Herloom Weavers - Expensive but VERY correct custom-woven fabrics for the period
• Farthingales - One-stop Canadian supplier for corsets, supplies, and underpinnings
• Five Rivers Chapmanry Purveyors of quality hand-crafted cooperage fine hand-sewn embroidered garments, historical sewing patterns & embroidery supplies
• Fugawee - Good men's and women's shoes and pewter buttons.
• The Graceful Lady - historical dressmaking business specializing in women's clothing from the Civil War era.
• Hedge Hog Handworks - Fabric, sewing and needlework supplies and accessories
• Home-Sew - Catalog of trims and acessories including fringe, lace, and mother-of- pearl buttons
• James Country Mercantile Historically accurate patterns for 19th century clothing and a full line of 19th century clothing for men and women.
  
• Lacis - Wonderful selection of sewing and needlework supplies. Pattern selections include Folkware line
• Mason-Dixon Sewing Co. has authentic, quality clothing for the Civil War reenacting hobby.
• Mileux - The Costume Source - Links to a wide variety of costume websites and resources
• Mrs. Christen's Miscellanea - Civil War Era civilian goods, both Vintage and reproduction
• ReproductionFabrics.com is a source of cotton reproduction fabrics for costumers and quilters. Fabrics of time periods 1775-1950, as well as natural indigo-dyed prints.
  
• River Junction Mercantile - Clothing, accessories,shoes and patterns
• Past Patterns Clothing Patterns and Kits to construct costumes to interpret the 19th and 20th century.
  
• Thai Silks - Good source for silk!
• Truly Victorian - Assorted women's costume patterns
• Victorian Cottage Treasures - Wide selection of sewing and needlework supplies, plus lace.
• White Fox Trading Company - block printed fabrics of the 18th and early 19th century, plus unprinted hemp, linen, and cotton.
• Wisconsin Patterns of History - Historically authentic patterns with very challenging directions

Non-clothing wares

• Acanthus Books Facsimile reproductions and non-facsimile reprints of antiquarian culinary works, as well as scholarly works on food and culinary history.
• Applewood Books Books and Magazines from America's Past
  
• AzRA Historical Resources
• Beaver Buckets Reproductions of wooden buckets, washtubs, butter churns, and other wooden containers.
  
• Five Rivers Chapmanry Purveyors of quality hand-crafted cooperage fine hand-sewn embroidered garments, historical sewing patterns & embroidery supplies
• Fox River Traders French and Indian era to fur traders. Wide variety of non-clothing wares.
• James Townsend & Son has just about everything for a civilian, with an emphasis on late 18th and early 19th Century, suitable for older men of 1860
• Livonia Smithery Reproductions of 17th, 18th, and 19th century lighting, cooking and domestic metal goods for the retail and wholesale trade.
  
• Mrs. Christen's Miscellanea - Civil War Era civilian goods, both Vintage and reproduction
• Northwest Traders - capotes and blankets
• Pied Potter Hamelin - Custom redware pottery - especially useful in the 1860s kitchen
• Reenactment Eyewear - Don Griffin is a PA optician and reenactor who can supply competitively priced prescription glasses for periods from the 1500s to the 1920s.
• The TentSmiths - tents from all eras!
• Texas Sutler - Early 19th Century wares.
• Thistle Dew Books
• Westmoore Pottery Handmade pottery -- redware, salt-glazed stoneware and green-glazed wares. Replicas of 17th, 18th and early 19th-century pottery.