Re: [h-cost] Italian Widow's Dress?
-Original Message- From: Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:11 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Italian Widow's Dress? To me, Seton's headgear appears to be a somewhat wilted version of the mob cap, not stiffened like a bonnet, or really much shaped like one. Not a poke bonnet because it doesn't hide her face. == Marjorie On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Monica Spence wrote: I went to school at Seton Hill College (now Seton Hill University). It is run by Mother's Seton's Sisters of Charity, so I've seen the bonnet up close. It reminds me of the poke bonnet that became popular in the Romantic and Crinoline periods. A bit early, I know, but just a thought that it may be an early version of the style. Monica Spence ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] Italian Widow's Dress?
Monica, I've seen later versions of the habit, and you are right that the headgear did look like a bonnet, which you pointed out wasn't around until after Mother Seton's death in 1821. And the dress itself is more in the style of the 1840s or 50s. So I think that habit evolved from whatever Mother Seton chose, which one assumes would have been more in the style of 1810-20. (Here choice COULD, of course, been a style earlier than that, but it couldn't have been later!) As Marjorie points out, this headgear looks like a cap, but I just haven't seen references to black caps, even for mourning. That is why I'm asking if it was an Italian thing. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:11 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Italian Widow's Dress? To me, Seton's headgear appears to be a somewhat wilted version of the mob cap, not stiffened like a bonnet, or really much shaped like one. Not a poke bonnet because it doesn't hide her face. == Marjorie On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Monica Spence wrote: I went to school at Seton Hill College (now Seton Hill University). It is run by Mother's Seton's Sisters of Charity, so I've seen the bonnet up close. It reminds me of the poke bonnet that became popular in the Romantic and Crinoline periods. A bit early, I know, but just a thought that it may be an early version of the style. Monica Spence ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] Italian Widow's Dress?
Sorry for the phantom send. See my next message, please. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: annbwass annbw...@aol.com To: h-costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 5:54 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Italian Widow's Dress? -Original Message- From: Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:11 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Italian Widow's Dress? To me, Seton's headgear appears to be a somewhat wilted version of the mob cap, not stiffened like a bonnet, or really much shaped like one. Not a poke bonnet because it doesn't hide her face. == Marjorie On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Monica Spence wrote: I went to school at Seton Hill College (now Seton Hill University). It is run by Mother's Seton's Sisters of Charity, so I've seen the bonnet up close. It reminds me of the poke bonnet that became popular in the Romantic and Crinoline periods. A bit early, I know, but just a thought that it may be an early version of the style. Monica Spence ___ 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 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
