On Wednesday 04 April 2007 12:58 pm, Gilbert wrote: > According to _Handbook of English Costume in the 19th Century_ by C Willett > Cunnington and Phillis Cunnington, a patent for elastic, made of India > Rubber, was filed in Patent Office in 1837. In that same year, elastic > sided half boots first appeared.
Thank you for digging that up! I thought I remembered that elastic was first used in half-boots around 1840, but I'd forgotten the sourece. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do." -- George Mabry _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
