Dear Kathleen,
Is it the book with embroideries?
I have it, got it as a gift.
Page 46 says "made of silk velvet with scattered sequins of silver, possibly
silver over copper. Sequins, also known as paillettetes , were traditionally
made by coiling a circular silver wire tightly around a long core of wood or
metal.
The word sequins is younger than spangels or paillettes, it is from the time
where they became quite cheap and commersially made in plastic.
Bjarne
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From: "LLOYD MITCHELL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] seaquins and spangels
Bjarne, have you seen this book from the Ward collection at Snowshill?
The illustrations of photos do not give a real explanation of spangles and
sequins as compatable with metal discs as I have seen with Your work. This
puzzles me.
Kathleen
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From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 3:55 PM
Subject: [h-cost] seaquins and spangels
Seaquins and spangels are the same. Its round flat metal cirkles with a
hole in the middle.
Most were made of silver and gold, in 18th century they started to make
colloured ones made by silver foil wich was vernished in collours.
There also was other shaped ones, wich they called paillons in france.
They could have more holes to stitch it to the surface with.
If you want to read more about it i recomend the book:
Art of the Embroiderer by Saint Aubin.
He was a master embroiderer to Louix XV.
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
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