"Elephant's Breath and London Smoke: Historical Colors, Names, Definitions
& Uses" is a dictionary of colors as used in history that I put together.
There are no color plates, only the descriptions in the original wording
with the source cited. It includes entries from around 1350 to 1922.
For example, there are nine entries on umber (not including burnt umber),
dated 1600 to 1921. The 1890 entry, in part, says "a yellowish brown,"
while the 1708 entry describes it as "a dark yellowish Colour us'd in
Painting."
Happy sewing,
Deb Salisbury
The Mantua-Maker
Designer and creator of quality historical sewing patterns, Renaissance
to Victorian
www.mantua-maker.com
From: "Sharon Collier" <[email protected]>
Me, too, but there is a book (available at Amazon) which supposedly has
examples of all the old colors. I think the title has something to do with
"elephants" or "smoke". Sorry, I don't remember exactly. It may also have
been discussed on the Elizabethan Clothing Tribe.
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