At 9:44 AM -0500 2/3/07, LLOYD MITCHELL wrote:
I know that we have discussed this in the past but cannot remember a
referrance or definition. In 18th C. embroidery, what is the
difference between spangles and sequins used for additional
embellishment. I have been reading the Mackenzie text for the Wade
collection at Snowshill and she shows embroidery samples that use
both in the same illustration.
I am preparing a major part of my Collection for auction and have
several pieces of elaborate embellishment that I am trying to
describe. Also, Re the composition of sequins, besides gel, what
might they have been formed from before 1930?
Don't know whether this would help, since it's several centuries
before your period, but there's a brief discussion of the medieval
equivalent at:
http://claning.home.igc.org/bezants/bezants.htm
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