Thank you for this generous offer!
The women's 19th C. and 20th C. outfits, et al., might be useful for
teaching purposes at the university where I work -- but I'm a
librarian, not a Textiles & Clothing professor, so would you be
willing to send scans to me and I can contact the right people?
(Well, to be honest, we'd probably like to see everything! But I
don't want to seem greedy.) If it's too much trouble then never
mind....
Suzanne
(You may use the address I'm posting from, OR [EMAIL PROTECTED])
----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:18 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Met Museum Bulletin
In the process of (finally) unpacking my books, I've been finding
things that could use a home other than mine. I have a
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin from back in the days when they
sent members these glossy books every quarter. It's from the
costume collection and contains large, high-quality pictures of
garments from 1695 through the early 1950's, including
microphotographs of some of the embroidered detail of the
garments. It's nice to look at, but way past anything I'm really
interested in.
So... I will scan and send photos of anything that someone
fancies, and the whole thing can belong to the first person who
asks for it. (You have two weeks to ask for the pictures, then
I'll mail it.) The highlights:
- Complete embroidered woman's dress from 1695
- Four men's 18th c embroidered coats, one uncut, one with original
embroidery cartoon, one with pants and vest
- Men's banyans
- Assorted women's 18c dresses, one with panniers, most sack-
backed, all embroidered or hand-painted, 1740's - 1795
- Assorted women's 19c outfits, day dresses, evening wear, several
from each decade
- Assorted women's 20c outfits, evening wear, suits, etc, up to the
50's
-Helen/Aidan
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