Hi Dawn,
I think nr 3 is open in the top. It would be made of two rectangles, and it
would probably be lined. Nr. 6 is made of 4 parts.
The heavily embroidered is made with cross stitches.
The last one is difficult to explain. To me it seems to be made on a heavily
ribbed silk. The coloured parts must just have ben stitched with
whipstitches to fill out the areas where it has to be. Using the ribs as a
guide.
Bjarne
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From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:18 AM
Subject: [h-cost] 17th century purses
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
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