Thanks, that is very helpful, even though the contrasting piping is only at the waistline. It DOES at least affirm what I have been doing. If anyone else has any vintage photos or examples of contrasting piping fromt he 1860's I am VERY interested in documenting them for a current project.
Yours inc osutming, Lisa A On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:10:38 -0800 (PST) Beteena Paradise <[email protected]> writes: > I have one example, but the contrasting piping is only at the > waistline and is > really a decorative element. I have uploaded the pictures of the > gown if you are > interested in looking. The gown is from 1867. > > http://s522.photobucket.com/albums/w344/my_stitching/Piping%20example/ > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Lisa A Ashton <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 11:26:12 AM > Subject: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses > > I know that dresses from this era (in America) were piped, and > almost all > self-piped, around the armscyes, and the back seams, but does anyone > have > a reference or a photo showing a solid piping with a print dress (or > even > anything refering to contrasting piping, for example, black piping > on a > lighter colored dress bodice)? > > Yours in costuming, Lisa A > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
