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Message: 5 Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:08:12 -0800 From: Joan Jurancich Subject: Re: [h-cost] colonial To: Historical Costume Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 08:04 AM 2/15/2006, you wrote: >[anip] > > If you are interested in more information about dresses from this time > > period, check out Janet Arnold's book on this period, > >I have the book but I don't remember many construction pictures in it. >And I work much better from pictures than somebody's description. I will >take a look at it again now that I know more about the period. > > >also Louisbourg > > National Historic Site, published booklets on clothing from this time > > period > > a few years back, they are complete with patterns and tailoring details. > > Their website is http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/ , you may be able to contact > > them for a copy. > >Thanks, I will check it out. > >Diana Check out "The Cut of Women's Clothing". I can't lay my hands on my copy at the moment :-(, but there are many cutting diagrams in the back. Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also check out Fitting and Proper, this has two types of 18c gowns and diagrams for each. (a sack back-in silk and a round gown in a block printed cotton, but I may be dis--remembering the correct terms and types), These are taken from a PA area hsitorical society Chester County I believe. Correct me ladies who know. It seems to me that the basic shapes are the same for the different types, so the diagrams in Fitting and Proper pretty much equal Costume closeup = Cut of Womens clothing = Janet Arnold. I know this is over simplifing. I've gone/am going through this process to try to put together some garments. Williamsburg's Costume close up was my first source with additions from the other books...each has its strength and weaknesses... 18c Mia in Charlotte, NC, where i saw a daffodil today!! --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
