I don't believe it has been altered in modern times. The serging is done in period looking cotton thread in a style different from modern serging, but it is definitely serging. If I can find it (won't be soon) I can put pics on my site.
Katy On 12/5/05, Lloyd Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you Sure that this dress was not altered some time? Of the dozens of > dresses I have from this time period, none of them is serged! > > Kathleen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Katy Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "h-costume" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:17 PM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] commercial serger use > > > > Hi. I have a dress in my collection, presumably commercially made, > > from about 1908, that has some serged seams, mainly the side seams as > > I recall. It is a white cotton lingerie dress with lots of lace > > insertion. > > > > Katy > > > > On 12/4/05, Judy Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > I've just spent over an hour searching (google, A9, wiki, > Jeeves...) to > > > find information on when sergers began. I'm looking to find how early > > > the common use of serging for off-the-rack clothing would be. I found > > > lots on the history of the standard sewing maching, but zippo on > > > sergers/overlockers. anybody run across this? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Judy Mitchell > > > _______________________________________________ > > > h-costume mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > > > > -- > > Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com > > Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. > > Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
