Reconstructing an 18th Century Rump

MATERIAL SOURCES: -Linen: Gray Lines Linen, 39th St. NYC -Linen thread: Burnley & Trowbridge -Charcoal: Blick Art Supply (but any art supply, really) -Linen tape: Bias Bespoke Supply Co. IMAGE CREDIT -“The Bum Shop” © The British Museum, 1785. Accession no. 1932,0226.12 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1478935&partId=1 -“The cork-rump the support of life” © The British Museum, 1776. Accession no. 1877,1013.863 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1453211&partId=1 -“Monsieur le que ladies cork-cutter from Paris wholesale, retail, & for exportation” © The British Museum, 1777. Accession no. J,5.133 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1448333&partId=1&searchText=BMSat+5381&page=1 -“The distress’d damsel in a high wind” © The British Museum, 1786. Accession no. 1932,0226.14 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=85405001&objectId=1460851&partId=1 -“In fashion. Out of fashion.” © The British Museum, 1786. Accession no. 1851,0901.296-297 SOURCES MENTIONED -Encyclopedie Methodique ou par ordre de matières par une société de gens de lettres, de savants et d’artistes; [v. 164 NYPL] https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433001004195;view=1up;seq=801 -Weekly Miscellany: Pg. 250 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081655429;view=1up