I will check her out.  I was just able to purchase this: Max Tilke Folk Costume 
Patterns from Russa, Asia and the Greek Urals.  I don't know how far back they 
go but the pictures were awesome!  Thanks for all your suggestions!

Sg






> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:51:37 +0000
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] "Russian" Peasant dress prior to 17th century?
> 
> Sara, have you seen any of Alessandra Thor's original work? She is a Russian 
> dollmaker originally connected with the Seeley clan. I find her folk dolls to 
> be awesome...and she often dresses them in Old Time garb.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Saragrace Knauf" <[email protected]>
> Sent 3/31/2009 10:14:02 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] "Russian" Peasant dress prior to 17th century?Ah ha!  
> Thank you.  I had seen the Kennedy book in OLC, but bad, prejudiced me, I 
> thought - Jackie Kennedy wrote anything worth reading???  Looking at Tilke 
> right now - very cooooool.....
> So far, there are pictures and hints that this type of dress was typical "up 
> to" the 20th century...looks like I will have to dig further to see if I can 
> find any hard evidence to show it actually existed before the 18th century.
> Thank you very much for the lead!
> Sg
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:47 +0000
> > From: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] "Russian" Peasant dress prior to 17th century?
> > 
> > You might start with the Jackie Kennedy volume on Russian costume.  It 
> > includes many photos of folk costume from Russian regions.  I would also 
> > check Tilke for Russian regional dress.
> > Kathleen
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "K?the Barrows" <[email protected]>
> > Sent 3/31/2009 5:43:12 AM
> > To: "Historical Costume" <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] "Russian" Peasant dress prior to 17th 
> > century?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarafan
> > I have made all the body parts and faces for this doll:
> > > http://www.smallwork.com/babayaga.html
> > >
> > > While I love the style, I'd like to dress her in clothing which is earlier
> > > than (what I understand) 18th and 19th century peasant costume is.  I am
> > > having difficulty finding artwork and/or resources to do that with.
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