True! He's just another "don't take it as gospel" guy. And he DOES show'discuss something besides English clothing, which was about all we could lay hands on in The Bad Old 2-towels-plus-safety-pins=tabard days! <G>
Liadain Finding something good in almost EVERY book... THL Liadain ni Mhordha OFO wildernesse, the Outlands http://www.flickr.com/photos/liadains_fancies -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] A good use for bad costume books (was: FindingInformation) Kohler Hey, Kohler has pictures of real garments (albeit displayed on live models), and also some decent drawings of patterns taken from them--I've used one of his early 19th century bodices as a guide. Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Frank A Thallas Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Historical Costume' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 2:52 pm Subject: RE: [h-cost] A good use for bad costume books (was: Finding Information) I am the proud (?!?) owner of a copy of "Ancient Costumes Of Great Britain and Ireland", by Charles Hamilton Smith, originally published in 1814. Maybe this is the source of the "Druid sleeves" on half the costumes offered on eBay.... But it's a nice big book and does good duty as a lap desk. :-P I seem to be collecting Bad Books. I also have Peacock, and Kohler, and a couple of volumes of Norris.... Liadain THL Liadain ni Mhordha OFO wildernesse, the Outlands http://www.flickr.com/photos/liadains_fancies _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com _______________________________________________ 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
