Hi Everybody: > As far as lighting, they > cannot turn it up, as it would age the dress, as per typical museum standard. > I think that a smaller light could have been set where the head was but again, > it would damage the dress.
Maybe they could have the same amount of candlepower (or lumens or however museums measure lighting) coming from two or more different angles. I think that would lessen the creepy overhead spotlight effect, but it would still keep the total light exposure the same. I think the word "horrible" has a traditional meaning that references the eerie creepiness that pricks up the hairs on your arms rather than the meaning we have today that is more like "really bad". And "dreadful" has a similar other-worldly aspect. Perhaps the Queen was using the words that way - even the BBC said it was eerie. And I chime in with Jeri in that it would be a good idea to seal away some of the original fabric, so that it could be laid out beside the original for future comparison. It is interesting that we usually think of natural fabrics being lightened by the sun, but Jeri reports Princess Grace's dress having darkened. Perhaps it was stored in non-buffered tissue paper? I have to say, too, that I once endured a rather long rant from an embroidery instructor, on how bad colour reproduction is in books. She raved on and on, and then hauled out the books to show us what she meant. I was baffled - I had seen those same pieces, and I thought they were quite faithfully reproduced. I mentioned that to her in private, and a few months later she told me, rather sheepishly, that she had mentioned what I said to her eye doctor - and it turns out her late-middle-aged eyes had been affected by a problem where she has trouble seeing colours printed on glossy paper. If it had been me - well, I don't have a very good memory for colour, and I'd just have assumed my memory was at fault. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
