I am looking to build at least one (maybe more) 19th century-styled carpetbag to complete a Victorian costume and for general use. I found a great ebook article on the Smithsonian website (a reprint of a Scientific American article from 1886) with pattern shapes and instructions so I'm set there, but what I need to find now is a source for a tubular frame for the top of the bag.
I'm looking for a square-shaped frame (rounded corners) with a flat spring hinge that holds its shape (open or closed), somewhere in the neighborhood of 20" x 7" when opened. Does anyone have any idea where I might look? Are there any sutlers who might specialize/deal in this sort of hardware? TIA for any leads... Richard in MI _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
