Dunno about the 18th century, but there are rare surviving examples of them from the 16th century. I suspect that it was something that came and went, as a style. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Split drawer's expert? > Just a little note, when talking about split drawers. > When i went to the exhibition about the elegant courtlife in the time of > Frederik V, there was in the catalogue pictures of the queens midges > clothes. Its a whole outfit, chemise- split drawers,stays, petticoat with > hip pads, skirt and a Brunswick overdress with hood. Its 1770ies, and i > thoaght they didnt wear underdrawers? > Now Denmark had a cold climate during the winter season, perhaps it was a > nescesity for the ladies two? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
