Actually, yes, there was a series from a university in Texas, and while I've never seen the books, they also produced and published doll-scale patterns for several period costumes, corresponding to the stories in the books. I don't remember the scale of the doll, but I have the patterns around here somewhere and will share the rest of the information as soon as I find them.
Laurie T. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 3:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Carol Burnett's Curtain Dress In a message dated 5/22/2011 12:50:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: For some reason I think a university in Texas published the books and a fashion/costume dept. funded this. Ann Wass do you remember these? No, these don't ring a bell. I do remember the Fowler Family paper doll series, published by Texas Tech University Press. But the Fowler family lived in Ohio, and the books are set at the turn of the 19th century, when Ohio achieved statehood. And yes, the pictures are very good for that period--for the most part, they are based on real examples in museum collections in Ohio. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ 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
