Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

It really looks like a hood to me. I will forward to a friend who does Roman impressions. On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 2:35 AM, scourney wrote: > Hi, I'm looking at a job reproducing the clothes in a Pompeian fresco. I > think I've identified most of the clothing involved, but

[h-cost] An amazing sewing machine

Brace yourselves. Mrs. General Tom Thumb had a sewing machine built to scale! FWIW I’ve seen her tiny corset at the Ringling museum in Sarasota, Florida. I doubt she made it herself, but it is tempting to hypothesize. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/yes-mrs-tom-thumb-had-sewing-machine

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

I would ask people who do that sort of thing regularly. The best I know of, and I dont know if they do civilian impressions, is the Ermine Street Guard. http://www.erminestreetguard.co.uk/ --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:35 PM, scourney

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

If you look real close, there appears to be a triangular shape hanging from the back of the neck. This would match what Cate describes below. It looks to me as if the entire cloak is lined in a dark color. That's the only way some of the draping lines make sense to me. I also think that the

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

Hi, That's what I was thinking, except I'm not sure that cloaks had hoods attached. And why would only the hood have trim? I want to make sure I'm not missing something. Susan  Original message From: RC Weber Date: 7/15/16 12:10 AM (GMT-08:00) To:

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

Thanks.  I will look at the ermine street as well.  I found some good information on Roman reenactment sites. Including a shoe pattern. These are for a one use photo for a book so it just has to look right. Nothing like arguing with the company owner about the costume history.  Luckily they'd

Re: [h-cost] An amazing sewing machine

What a beautiful sewing machine cabinet. Thanks for the link, --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Marjorie Wilser wrote: > Brace yourselves. Mrs. General Tom Thumb had a sewing machine built to > scale! > > FWIW I’ve seen her tiny

[h-cost] Roman experts?

Hi, I'm looking at a job reproducing the clothes in a Pompeian fresco. I think I've identified most of the clothing involved, but still have a question on one thing. Any Ancient Roman experts out there? The painting in question is the sale of the bread

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

To me, it looks like a warm-white (undyed wool?) hooded 1/2 (maybe 2/3 or 3/4) circle cloak where the hood is lined with darkish blue and trimmed with warm brown in a rectilinear fashion. The hood is made of a rectangle folded in half to make a square and seamed on one edge (usually the back