When tomorrow it is lighter, i shall photograph the dress from the book and post it for you all to see. It looks authentic to me!
Bjarne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Laning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] crochet 18th C > Carol wrote: >> Back to crochet -- yes, the simple chains and such were around in the >>18th century. Some of the cords on military drums are chained rope. >> The reason for the "no crochet" pronouncement is that some people >>want to use crocheted lace for 18th century. The explosion of lace >>patterns occurred in the 19th century. >> There are a number of different lace making techniques, many done to >>look like another type at various times throughout history. Tatting >>to look like needle lace, etc. >> Find the artifact for the era, copy the artifact. Depending on the >>level of accuracy desired, a pair of crocheted doilies may not work >>for engageantes. I wouldn't use the chaining on fly fringe to >>justify using them. > > I'd also be curious whether the museum specifically knows that the crochet > on this piece is original, or whether it could have been added a bit > later.... forgive my skeptical reflex here, please! It certainly _could_ > be original if it's just chains and fastenings. > > I'd also like to see a photo, if Bjarne has a way to post it. It may be > important to know exactly what this looks like. The more evidence we have > of what early crochet _was_ like, the better equipped we are to say what > it _wasn't_ like (granny squares, lace edgings, zigzag afghans....<g>). > > I'm convinced, personally, that bobbin lace was invented as a faster and > easier substitute for needle-made lace, which is very, very slow. And then > tape lace was invented as a faster and easier substitute for bobbin lace; > crocheted lace was invented as a faster and easier substitute for bobbin > and tape laces, machine-made lace as a substitute for crocheted lace, > chemically-dissolved lace as a substitute for machine-made lace.... <grin> > Of course, this is an *extremely* over-simplified view, but I think > there's some truth in it. > > ____________________________________________________________ > 0 Chris Laning > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > + Davis, California > http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.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
