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 be open on
top, or would there be some sort of fastener? Does anyone have and idea
what size something like this would be?
#6 looks like it is made from 4 half-football shapes, probably lined,
with drawstrings. There is a similar bag on the following page,
(http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/eng_1700.html) heavily
embroidered. Can anyone tell me what kind of embroidery that is? It kind
of looks like cross stitch to me.
Yet another in that style here:
http://www.witneyantiques.com/flat.items/embroidery17lg.htm
But I can't make out the type of stitches used. I suck at hand work, but
I can do basic stitches if I know what they are.
Dawn
_______________________________________________
h-costume mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
