Gunvor and Bjarne, thank you so much for your ideas and that wonderful link. I am on a vacation with not so much internet access, but the first brief look at the Norwegian technique was just so interesting!
Happy new year everone! Hanna -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:13:03 +0100 > Von: "Leif og Bjarne Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Betreff: Re: [h-cost] German Renaissance pleating > Hi, > Or perhaps they used sticks? Sticks as long as the pleating was going to > be > like, you know, lye one under, then one over and so on. > This method is used for some of the headwears, that pheassant women in > Denmark used. > Done with wet water, and taken up again when dry? > > Bjarne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wicked Frau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 4:09 PM > Subject: RE: [h-cost] German Renaissance pleating > > > I'd hazard a guess that they were made like smocking pleating...probably > basting threads were sewn at regular intervals and then pressed. Don't > know > that there is really any "faking it"....other than using a pleater... > > http://www.smockingstore.com/pleaters.html#pleaters (Scroll down). > > Sg > > For further opinions you might want to join TheGermanRenCostume Yahoo > group. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Hanna Zickermann > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [h-cost] German Renaissance pleating > > Hello, > > has anyone ever heard of German Renaissance > pleating techniques? "Textiler Hausrat" mentions > sumptuary laws by which a pleated apron must not > cost more than a given price for the "Felterer", > a tradesman specialised in making the pleats, and > some household inventories mention pleating > boards and irons. But how exactly would these > pleats have been made? They are so small and yet > look perfectly parallel when you look at this > picture: > http://www.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/B/Dürer,+Albrecht%3A+Nürnbergerin+im+Hausklei > d+%5B1%5D > I cannot believe that they were ironed one by one, do you? > > How would you make these pleats, or how would you "fake" them for the > stage? > > Best wishes, > Hanna > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
