The MFA in Boston had two beautiful painted Silk dresses from the 18th Century that I helped dress on mannequins. One was yellow silk.
http://72.5.117.144/fif=fpx/C/C42769CR-d1.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=800&cell=800,800&cvt=jpeg Katy On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Sharon Collier <sha...@collierfam.com> wrote: > Painting on material isn't just for movies. They now believe the designs on > one of Queen Elizabeth I's dresses, which they believed embroidered, were > actually painted onto the silk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On > Behalf Of Becky Rautine > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:03 PM > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] The Young Victoria's Film Costumes > > > > I looked at many of the photos on the site and found one that I had a > question about... this one: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/moorina/3854505420/in/photostream/ > Does it look painted to you > Sincerely, > Rebecca Rautine > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume