Well, my husband and I usually pick up hankies at garage sales and use them. However, we are middle-class working folks, so lots of lace and embroidery wouldn't be a good choice for us.
I would say a square of linen, hemmed (maybe with hem-stitch?) and a bit of embroidery would be fine...lace if he wants to be pretensious or "make an impression" with the nobles. Remember, lace is EXPENSIVE at this time, so he would have paid a pretty penny (or pound!) for it. I'm not really sure about the monogram. I can offer, if interested, blackworking a muckinger for you/him. Contact me privately if you're interested! ******************************************************************* Rebecca Schmitt aka Mistress Agness Cabot, Guilde of St. Lawrence at the Dirty Duck Inn Bristol Renaissance Faire My arms are too short to box with God. --Johnny Cash ******************************************************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of REBECCA BURCH > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:32 PM > To: h-costume@mail.indra.com > Subject: [h-cost] muckinger construction > > I have a quick question for those of you who go to the > Bristol Ren Faire. > > Ansel was asking me to make him something called a muckinger > which he saw for sale at the Faire. It was a double layer > embroidered hanky. Based on his description, I am thinking > that the double layer was to cover the back of machine > embroidery stitching. > > Can anybody point me to a description of this accessory? I > did a google search and didn't come up with much. None of the > examples shown were double layered. > > The ones shown here are mostly lace trimmed. > http://www.margaretroedesigns.com/extanthandkerchiefs.html > Is that for both men and women? Ansel wanted a monogram F > (Frobisher) in the corner. Were monograms popular at the > time? I don't recall that being much of a fashion until later. > > Any guidance will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Rebecca Burch > Center Valley Farm > Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA > > The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between > the flat folds and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
