Bjarne--
If you mean the closing on the waistcoat, yes, that's exactly what it
looks like: the embroidery design is centered on the waistcoat, and the
buttonholes are off-center; the fabric on the right-hand side of the
waistcoat (the button side) continues beyond the embroidery. The
buttons are sewn on this unembroidered part, which is invisible when
the waistcoat is buttoned closed. So on the left side (the buttonhole
side) the embroidery continues to the center edge and ends with that
vertical line, but on the right side (the button side) the embroidery
ends with a vertical line at center front, but the fabric continues
beyond the center-front line, under the buttonholes. The button design
is similar enough to the embroidery that the buttons almost disappear
into the embroidered design. Very clever!
Does that make sense? I have no idea what was standard for the period,
but it's certainly what I think I'm seeing in the picture.
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
gypsy scholar and amateur costumer
On Mar 24, 2006, at 6:00 PM, Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Hi,
Another list, has given an url to a picture of an outfit from
Jefferson in Paris, and here is the picture:
http://photobucket.com/albums/f344/fashioninfilm/?
action=view¤t=100_9322.jpg
How is this closing made? To me it must be made with a larger piece
ajusted for the buttons. Isnt this wrong?
Should it not be that when closed with the buttons, the embroidery
overlaps eachother?
I am confused!
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
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