On Tuesday 27 December 2005 8:41 pm, Carolann Schmitt wrote: > My costume-related gifts included several books, a lovely selection of > ribbons and braids from my h-costume secret Santa, Ann Wass, and > sock-knitting pattern software. I'm anxious to see how it interprets > original mid-19th century patterns. :-)
Very nice. I got lucky this year too. I got copies of the following books: "Chinese Textiles," by Verity Wilson. "Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail" (which has been discussed on this list) "A Perfect Red," by Amy Butler Greenfield (a history of the red dyes used in textile production in Europe, particularly cochineal) "Mauve," by Simon Garfield (a history of the invention of that particular dye) "Living Colors," which purports to be a manual of historically-used color palettes but is mostly good for its anecdotal details. In addition, my sister-in-law, who is working near Beijing as an art teacher, gave me a genuine pair of embroidered lotus shoes, a pair of embroidered antique Chinese baby shoes, and two embroidered pieces that I plan to have framed. -- 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
