Buttons on the edge --- sounds like the extant dress that either Kass McGann or <bangs head on desk - another top garb lady> -- saw and reproduced. The dress was either Irish or Scottish in origin.
It sticks in my head because the extant dress was *almost* the ladies exact size. Katheryne On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Buttons along the edge: that sounds familiar. I feel I've seen a photo of > that...maybe in "Textiles and clothing, c.1150-c.1450" (Crowfoot. et al) > cited > by Catherine earlier? It's been a while since I did any research related to > that > time period, but "buttons along the edge" triggered an image of an extant > find > in my muddled brain. > > Claudine _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
