Regina Romsey still hanging on! Sent from my iPad
> On Dec 19, 2015, at 8:25 AM, Viv Watkins <croxt...@vivwatkins.plus.com> wrote: > > Hello Susan > > As Catherine says there are several smocks in the V & A. This is their > collections page - http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/t/the-collections/ You can > search on 'smock'. There are several early women's smocks and the > traditional work smocks. Another title you may be interested in is 'The > Countryman's Smock' by Anne Buck - reprint from Folk Life; it does not > mention any smocks being for women. I think it must be a very rare title, it > is not listed on Amazon but you may be able to find a copy. In the UK we are > able to request books from the British Library through our local libraries, a > wonderful service. Do you have anything similar? > > Viv. > > -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Walton > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:02 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question > > I have the Shire book by Alice Armes, "English Smocks", (9th ed., Dryad > Press Ltd., London, 1987). The section on the history of the English > smock only refers to men wearing smocks, but there is a later section on > the trade emblems embroidered on the smocks includes: "Milkmaids - > churns, butter pats, hearts, etc.". An embroidery pattern included with > the book is for these symbols. > > It also says that: "Elaborately decorated smocks were not produced > before the middle of the eighteenth century, and they reached their > greatest perfection in the early part of the nineteenth century." Two of > the illustrations are photographs of smocks in the Victoria and Albert > Museum, so their site could be worth a search; others are from county > museums, such as the Castle Museum, Nottingham. > > Catherine. > _______________________________________________ > 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
