Penny, your project and class opportunity sound like fun. Re the dating, I have a suspicion that the boxes being misdated is probably because the person labeling the tags simply did not understand the difference between Nineteenth Century and 1900s. I have dealt with that issue a lot. In our school tours last week for fifth graders I hammered the point as part of my speil.
I once had a customer have me do her up in a "Nineteenth C." ball gown for a dancing party. When she returned it, she explained to me that it was lovely, but not the right period. I then had the conversation with her about the Ages!! All news to her. Sigh Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] hello out there and what's on your dressform > I saw earlier this week the thread "What's on your dressform" and didn't > have time to answer. A lot has been on my dressforms during the past week. I > have been photographing the fashion collection at Virginia Commonwealth > University. I start teaching the fashion history class Monday at the > university. I will be using some of the sturdier pieces in the classroom. > The frial pieces are photographed to show the students projected from my > laptop via a motorized screen. > > Some of the collection's costumes are misdated. Each archive box is like > opening Christmas packages... you never know what you will find inside. A > lot of fun! I found a bodice in a box named 1900. The bodice is clearly > not from 1900, as were several other items in the box. I think it might be > date from 1840s or 1860s. My class time frame is from 1860-1990. If this > piece is from 1860, I can use these photos in my class. > > Would you all please look at some photgraphs of the bodice and let me know > what time frame you think it is from. The center front and center back have > a point at the waist. > > Front view: ( I didn't pad out the waistline curve to show the full point) > www.costumegallery.com/help/P1010112.jpg > > Flat view of the inside of bodice: > www.costumegallery.com/help/P1010111.jpg > > Flat view of the back of bodice: > www.costumegallery.com/help/P1010107.jpg > > Thank you for your help. > > Penny Ladnier, > Owner > www.costumegallery.com > www.costumelibrary.com > www.costumeclassroom.com > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
