Bright Cardinal red is the perfect color for 18th-century wool, including this lightweight wool flannel. Different runaway slave and servant ads from the period show multiple mentions of red flannel petticoats. Also found are coat facings, and jackets. 

Perfect for: 

• Petticoats
• Waistcoats
• Jackets
• Breeches
• Linings

Links to listed documentation:

• Fortune & Aminta
• Ishmael
• Sarah
  
• The Kitchen Maid, Jean Siméon Chardin 1738