The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg / An Account of His Barbering, Hair-dressing, & Peruke-Making Services, & Some Remarks on Wigs of Various Styles.

by Thomas K. Bullock; Maurice B. Tonkin

THE
WIGMAKER
in Eighteenth-Century
WILLIAMSBURG

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An Account of his Barbering, Hair-Dressing, & Peruke-Making Services, & some Remarks on Wigs of Various Styles.

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Williamsburg Craft Series

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WILLIAMSBURG
Published by Colonial Williamsburg
MCMLXXXVII

The Wigmaker
in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg

Richard Gamble, barber and perukemaker of Williamsburg in the middle years of the eighteenth century, appears to have remained a bachelor all his life. Other than this he seems to have been no more improvident than the average craftsman of his time. That is to say, he came—or was brought—into court with startling frequency in an endless round of suits to collect unpaid debts.