Having been to many of her costume history workshops, and come to know her and her research methods first hand; she is brilliant and a very good researcher (sadly she has given up costume research for other pursuits). I just want to pick her brain for as much information as I can get out of it every time I've seen her at a presentation. It's a shame she was not able to publish all of her research--I believe there were several volumes planned.
The sacque is mentioned often in Godey's and Petersen's, in several forms (shirt -like, coat/bodice-like, child's garment). It is not quite a shirt, so it seems it is reasonable to place it in a different category. It still seems to be a reasonable term for the garments. Check out the historical notes of the Past Patterns Sacque and Petticoat Pattern for the notes: http://www.pastpatterns.com/808.html Of course anyone can miss small details when doing a huge job that, in its nature, is preliminary; but her scholarship is reliable. Katy On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:42 AM, WorkroomButtons.com <[email protected]> wrote: > I looked her up (her name is on the transcript). She appears to be very > knowledgeable, but of course that's no guarantee of accuracy. Also, she was > faced literally with dozens of bulging plastic garbage bags and may have > missed clues dues to the sheer enormity of her task. > > We (two elderly ladies and me) have found things she missed, like factory > marks and laundry stencils, that in my untrained opinion render her > approximate date of those garments invalid. But, again... considering the > conditions under which she was working... it's not surprising that she may > have missed the mark occasionally. > > Am I allowed to use her name here? > > Here's a book she wrote (on Amazon): > > www.amazon.com/Womens-Shoes-America-1795-1930-Rexford/dp/0873386566 > > ...and here is a brief professional synopsis: > > www.partnersforabetterworld.org/directors.html (scroll to bottom) > > > --- On Thu, 9/15/11, Sheridan Alder <[email protected]> wrote: > Excuse me if someone else has already thrown out this suggestion, but my > impression is simple - the 1995 cataloguer just plain wasn't knowledgeable > about historical clothing! > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [email protected] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
