, January 17, 2006 11:18 PM
Subject: [h-cost] 17th century purses
I've been looking at recreating some accessories from the 17th century,
and I found this great site for purses.
http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/eng_1600.html
I'm interested in numbers 3 and 6. #3 looks like it's made from
parts must just have ben stitched with
whipstitches to fill out the areas where it has to be. Using the ribs as a
guide.
Bjarne
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From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:18 AM
Subject: [h-cost] 17th
Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote:
Size? Not very big. They were sweetbags--i.e., a kind of period sachet
that you carried about to ward off nasty odors. They were popular as gifts.
Here's one from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts--theirs is 9 cm by 9 cm --yes,
that less than 4 inches on a
I've been looking at recreating some accessories from the 17th century,
and I found this great site for purses.
http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/eng_1600.html
I'm interested in numbers 3 and 6. #3 looks like it's made from a flat
rectangle folded in half. Would that be correct? Could it
At 07:18 PM 1/17/2006, Dawn wrote:
I've been looking at recreating some accessories from the 17th
century, and I found this great site for purses.
http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/eng_1600.html
I'm interested in numbers 3 and 6. #3 looks like it's made from a
flat rectangle folded in
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 10:18 pm, Dawn wrote:
I've been looking at recreating some accessories from the 17th century,
and I found this great site for purses.
http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/eng_1600.html
I'm interested in numbers 3 and 6. #3 looks like it's made from a flat
