I would think that would go without saying, as in any age. Especially when fashionable clothing was so involved both to dressing and wearing. I suppose that one reason we have Visual examples at all is that the child would be prepared for the sitting(s) much as children of the 19th/20th C were prepared for photograph sittings. In general, not until candid photography was possible do we get any real vision of what people actually wore in the every day.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:31 PM Subject: [h-cost] Re: Tudor patterns for children > That seems to be the common thought from the portraits. but I have noticed > that there are some differences in construction. In Arnold's book the > child's opening is at the shoulder. There was a woodprint that I would > estimate to be 3 years old with closing in the back like a keyhole neckline > with ties at the point. The example just recently posted by Bjarne. Style & > silhouette are similar to the adults but there is probably a different > construction to accommodate the child's body shape and convenience of > dressing the child. > De > > -----Original Message----- > If some of my memory serves me right, doesn't fashion history suggest that > children were more or less dressed as minies of their elders , especially > during this time period? My children's clothing history does not present > separate patterns or expectations until the very end of the 18th C. > > Since most of the pattern companies that have been issuing period dress also > have basic children's versions that at least have been sized for smaller > frames, putting the pattern pieces next to H-costume pieces and reshape them > for the Historical look. I have even been doing this with doll patterns of > late and as you know, the Cut is where the history happens. > > Kathleen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:15 PM > Subject: [h-cost] Re: Tudor patterns was Tudor rose > > > > > http://www.sewingcentral.com/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=pp.html&ca > > rt_id=71329_959 > > > > Patterns 51 and 52 (need to scroll down) Sorry, for adults but can give an > > idea of what to look for in making you daughters outfit. > > I had thought that Margo Anderson was working on some Elizabethan > children's > > patterns for her next major patterns but I guess I was thinking of another > > history pattern company. > > Once upon a time I could have sworn that there was a Tudor pattern for > girls > > that with a bit o' tweaking could be very close to period in construction > > but I can't seem to find it. > > De > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
