Thanks for that, I have the blue & gold one but the others will come in handy. Elizabeth
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Beteena Paradise <[email protected]> wrote: > I have three photos which show gowns from the 1840s like you are describing. > There are two photos of extant gowns and one is a photograph of a bunch of > women. The address to the folder is: > http://s522.photobucket.com/albums/w344/my_stitching/For%20Elizabeth%20Walpole/ > I could probably come up with a few more images if you need them. > > Teena > > > > ________________________________ > From: Elizabeth Walpole <[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, June 26, 2011 4:21:01 AM > Subject: [h-cost] 1840s question > > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to pin down some plans for some taffeta I bought a while > ago. When I bought it I had a picture in my mind of what I thought of > as a 'typical' 1840s dress with a very plain dart-fitted bodice > (perhaps with a pointed waist) and tight sleeves. But now that I'm > actually looking at images and extant garments that look like what I'm > thinking of. > What I've seen is either a shirred/fan front bodice with plain fitted > sleeves or a darted bodice with rather more complicated sleeves (e.g. > the puff below the elbow or some variation on a trumpet/funnel shaped > sleeve) > > So essentially what I'm asking from the collected 19th century wisdom > on this list, is my idea a rarity or non existent or perhaps it > belongs to another era. > > Elizabeth > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Elizabeth Walpole > http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ------------------------------------------ Elizabeth Walpole http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
