because I don't have his private address - "What Clothes Reveal" by Linda Baumgarten about collecting for the Colonial Williamsburg . . .
It's an 'oversize' (coffee table) book and past the Preface, and Acknowledgments, opposite the Introduction - - - is Bjarne's waistcoat - full and glorious page ! Just remember that I can't (remember, that is) so the pattern may be different but the skill level isn't any higher, I think, and may even be less . . . oh, my, as soon as I saw it - ding ! - Bjarne. Oh, yes, there are also lace trims in the book, but not for *their* importance . . . For any 'costumers', there is a 'corset' that shows an unbelievably narrow waist and a few other undergarments, including childrens', as well as christening 'robes/ dresses', and leather clothing for men. For the thread identifier 'wannabe's' there are four microphotos of cotton, linen, silk, and wool. "Cotton looks like twisted ribbons, flax or linen resembles bamboo with cross- hatching and nodes at intervals along the fibers, wool shows scales on the surfaces of the fibers, silk appears as translucent rods". There are a few clothing cutting-diagrams, but the main brunt of the book is how *long* clothing used to last - taken apart and turned inside out and resewn for its current owner, or being passed as part of a legacy, being altered for continuing use for the original or a new owner, or cut down (especially the waistcoats !) for an heir or other child, etc. "All you wanted to know about clothes . . ." and a few things maybe you didn't want to know, like why men *still* wear ties - oops ! I'm giving away the plot here . . . hehehehehe . . . Toni in Seattle - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
