I found it interesting when mine arrived; I compared it to a pre 1850s sewing machine I had the opportunity to study and the thought came to me that once the mechanization of the sewing machine was accomplished , how rapidly some of the same technology would be accommodated to other sewing room tasks. Pinking would certainly have been one of them...Then again, mayhap the technology got applied in the opposite order? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lavolta Press" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Early 19th century French term
> My question is largely whether this two-sided pinker _is_ a punch. It > is apparently a different tool from the emporte-piece. I don't recall > any 18th-century or Regency H-costume member commenting on a two-sided > pinker. But if anyone knows of one--and especially if it was called a > arrache-pièce à dents--I'd be glad to know. > > They had the base technology to develop a crank pinker for home use in > the early 19th century, but whether they did develop one is another > question. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > http://www.lavoltapress.com > > > Lloyd Mitchell wrote: > > > Do I recall a thread( that might now be in the archives) when the topic of > > pinking became a lively discussion of just such "punchers" that some of the > > people who do 18th C and maybe earlier were using...or looking for? I recall > > that someone had an earlier tool that others were suggesting that maybe > > someone doing metal crafting might copy for the benefit of the members who > > might want one. > > I guess that I had not seen the referent for the tool presently in question. > > Alas... > > Mine for the 19th C is proving to be most useful. I sure am glad I spotted > > it when I did. One that would do both sides at once would be an even Bigger > > help. > > > > Kathleen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lavolta Press" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Early 19th century French term > > > > > > > >>My reference comes from almost a century earlier than the crank pinker > >>you bought--I checked the picture of yours when you bought it. Do you > >>have a picture of a crank pinker for home use like the one you bought > >>but from the early 19th century/Regency period? All the other > >>references I have from the same document are for an emporte-pièce, that > >>is a punch, for pinking. From context the arrache-pièce à dents is > >>something that pinks both edges of a strip of material, but I do not > >>know whether it is a two-sided punch or some other kind device. > >> > >>Thanks, > >> > >>Fran > >>Lavolta Press > >>http://www.lavoltapress.com > >> > >>Lloyd Mitchell wrote: > >> > >> > >>>The translation sure sound like the tool I got in January...online. > >>>Kathleen > >>> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>h-costume mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
