La Pelleterie offers a wide range of shirt styles for both the 18th and 19th century,
East and West of the Mississippi.

For pricing information please email us at info(at)lapelleterie.com

The Merchant's Shirt

This full bodied shirt, with a foldover collar, is the typical man's shirt of the 18th and 19th
century. Paul Revere was painted in such a shirt. It was almost always white.

13 OS03 Unbleached Linen
13 OS04 Homespun (Oatmeal) Linen
13 OS06 Homespun Cotton

The Gentleman Shirt

This ruffle fronted shirt with a foldover collar was worn as a dress shirt by civilians and
military -- especially officers. In specially selected calico, it was a Chief's grade Indian
trade item. Your choice of French or button style cuffs.

13 OS02 Gentleman Shirt - Cotton Batiste

The Trapper Shirt

This loose bodied shirt is a typical 19th century workingman's garment. It has a placket front with
four buttons, rise and fall collar and button cuffs. It can be buttoned completely closed for warmth.
This is the shirt of Hawken Rifle Times.

13 OS08 Trapper Shirt - Unbleached Linen
13 OS09 Trapper Shirt - Homespun Linen
13 OS10 Trapper Shirt - Homespun Cotton

The Trade Shirt

This is a full bodied shirt with a narrow band collar. It was worn by laborers and sailors,
as well as traded to the Indians, from c.1720 to 1850. The British Army issued it, in a
check pattern, as a fatigue shirt during the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars.

13 OS11 Trade Shirt - Unbleached Linen
13 OS12 Trade Shirt - Homespun (Oatmeal) Linen
13 OS13 Trade Shirt - Checked Cotton
13 OS14 - Homespun Cotton

War Shirt
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Ticonderoga Shirt
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Frontiersman Shirt
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