Jewelry jump rings can be carefully bent almost closed and buttonhole stitched for lacing rings for some historic doll clothing for periods prior to the mid 1800's as doll clothing with such detail won't be regularly removed and put back on a doll not meant for play. The only trick is to choosing the right sizes of jump rings so that the stitching won't prevent the lacing hole from being too small for passage of the lacing material, yet still be in scale to the doll. Metal eyelets, I don't think came into being for clothing(especially corsets)until around the mid 1800's, maybe no sooner than the 1830's. Hooks and eyes/bars were made and used at least as early as the late 1500s and probably sooner. Alternate hooks and eyes/bars on close-fitting bodices ensures an even distribution of tension and stress, rather than the modern hooks on one side, eyes or bars on the other.
Cindy Abel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Rings These also make wonderful lacing rings since they're solid and don't slip through the thread. Kathleen Norvell -----Original Message----- From: Helen Pinto <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 5:56 pm Subject: [h-cost] Rings If you used jewelry findings, make sure you use jumprings which are soldered losed like the ones here: ttp://www.firemountaingems.com/search.asp?skw=jumprings+soldered+closed+ brass+18+gauge Helen/Aidan _______________________________________________ -costume mailing list [email protected] ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
