Cynthia,
there´s a pair of silk sleeve puffs in the Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston, though. Unfortunately, I
lost the link to it, but I made a kind of
reproduction of these and ended up with an oval,
70 by 40 cm, gathered all around and stitched to
a triangular piece, 12 cm high and 16 wide with
rounded edges. The original seemed to have been
fastened around the upper arm and attached to the
chemise or dress with three ties.
The Kyoto Costume Institute has a pair of sleeve
puffs as well, which are cotton chintz (that´s
the German name, but it sounds like it could be
the English term as well) filled with down and
look like rectangular or longish oval pieces
pleated or gathered to a smaller foundation. The
part that goes under the arm is without the
pillow and a bit narrower. It´s in a big book
called "Fashion", I´m pretty sure I have seen it
in English as well, but I can scan and send you the picture.
Hanna
At 20:23 22.03.2009, you wrote:
Ladies & a few gents,
I'm trying to find a better picture of a single garment with cotton
sleeve puffs filled with down. There's a tiny picture in Payne
showing a gal in all a mix of c1825-33 unmentionables. She's wearing
a short sleeved something with down-filled crescents to make those
late 1820s-early 1830s sleeves take form.
My question concerns the nature of the puffs. Does anyone have a
better picture, museum description or similar garment?
The garment was, when this photo was take, at the Gallery of English
Costume, Manchester. The collection URL is
http://www.manchestergalleries.org/the-collections/search-the-collection/
but doesnt fully describe the puffs. I'm particularly seeking
construction & attachment details.
The book, Blanche Payne's, History of Costume, 1st ed. p. 492.
Thanks all,
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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