On Jun 10, 2007, at 9:47, Tess Parrish wrote:
If you go to <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this-month.html> you will find the latest postings on the Professor's web site. Of particular interest to those who collect patterns and designs from the 15th and 16th centuries is the book by Rouveyre.
Many thanks, Josette and Tess. It seems to be an interesting compilation of selections from several pattern books (including some from le Pompe and -- I think but don't have the time to check -- from Parasole). All duly printed out now.
It is a massive collection of those early patterns--woodcuts?
Some of them are. Some of them aren't. Certainly, the portraits aren't. Etchings, maybe?
At the very end, there are a few portraits (in black and white) showing people in the costume of the time.
Some of those flat collars (in the portraits) are really interesting. They seem to have honest-to-goodness *corners*. Not a mitered job, but a change in the pattern to allow for the turn. And here we are, being told that corners are 19th century invention...
Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in Maine USA, where our week of spring has blossomed into summer: delightful!
Our spring has been too short (as usual) also. Now it's sweltering and humid... Not delightful at all :)
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