Thanks Suzie. What would you recommend be used as a substitute today?
I am making a reproduction gown to bring to London with me next year.
Bye, Aylwen
Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
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On 21/11/2008, at 6:20 AM, Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 11:55 20/11/2008, you wrote:
I am looking for a metallic gold fringe about 1.25" long that would
have been used on a gown in 1812. I'm also looking for a matching
gold
braid about 1/8" wide.
If the gown was made in the UK would this trim be silk or cotton?
Bye, Aylwen
In all probability it would have been "gold" fringe. Gold and silver
thread was used for embroidery, usually a flat strip wound round a
core of silk, often yellow/gold in colour. Gold and silver bullion
was used to make fringe, and as far as I know there is no reason to
suppose that this would not have been used on a dress of 1812.
Suzi
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