On Thursday 17 November 2005 9:29 am, Mia Dappert wrote: [snip] > And what's on my dress form? My dress form is a hanger on the wall too, > and it's holding the under lining for a 1760-70s shot silk taffeta > Brunswick gown, sort of like the one shown in one of the Dress in 18th > Cent.Books by Ribiero?/Buck? (I don't have the citation) It's the one of > Lady Mary Fox, later Baroness Holland (ca. 1767), with darling red and > white stripped ribbons on her elbows, a really fetching cap with lace and > more of the little red and white stripped ribbbons, and she's carrying a > little dog. I have the lining done, I have it silk cut out. Now to find > the time. I have too much invested in the material for it to become a > passed over project.
Sounds charming! I hope to see a picture of it sometime. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."--Richard Feynman _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
