6310 Georgetown Pike •  McLean, VA 22101 •  703-442-7557

A visit to the Claude Moore Colonial Farm is a visit to another world ...the world of an 18th Century family living on a small,
low-income farm just prior to the Revolutionary War.

The year is 1771 ... won't you come and visit?


   

Proprietors 
of Fine Wares, 
Goods, Provisions 
and Merchandises 
of all Sorts

 

 

 


Items at the Millinery
A blanket trader displays his wares

 

 Mistress Barrow's Dry Goods...where can be found china, pottery, textiles, wooden ware, brass, glass, and all sorts of sundries for the fashionable home

Mrs. Rogers and Daughter Stillatory...featuring some of the finest soaps, scents and powders from around the colonies, France and other provinces of Europe

Mr. John's Men's Goods...providing the well heeled man with sundry accouterment to favor his esteem, including boxes, horns, hats, and devices to ensure proper grooming

Mistress Harris's Millinery...wherein can be found jewelry, personal accouterment for the Lady, mirrors, bottles, and ribbon, decorations, and other necessary means for making a fashionable hat, which may, at the Ladies pleasure, be made at the Fair with the help of Mistress Harris or her assistants

Mrs. McDonald, Seamstress...an artisan of habiliment for the Men and Ladies alike, offering clothing of her own making as well as that of other sources, including stockings, shifts, shirts, gowns, short gowns, petticoats, and the like

Mr. Harris Andrews, Stationer...a Gentleman of fine character willing to teach your children water colour, penmanship, and art while you view some of his special offerings in books

The Blacksmith...displaying for sale items of wrought and cast iron, copper and other metals crafted to pleasing shapes and practical utility

The Apprentice's Potpourri...where young ladies assist you in combining natural dried herbs and spices into bags and assortments of fragrant piquant

The Chandler...who will help you to make your own candle to light your way

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