I am trying to figure out what kinds of lace would be extant and available to American and Canadian women (urban and fairly rich, I guess) to decorate their clothes (especially coiffes). I have a fairly good grasp of the clothing styles involved (except for the difference between country clothes that seems to stay fairly 18th centurish and urban clothes which follows European fashion fairly quickly. Have others noticed this too?)
This is to help me in producing historically credible re-enactment clothes for the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and Canadian Confederation (1867)in Upper Canada. I don't even want to think of the differences between French and English Canada (Lower and Upper Canada) at that time... But I'll not refuse any information or hints. Thank you in advance. Arachneans are truly awesome sources of information. Any help would be very appreciated. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
