[h-cost] Re: Our Country's Good
In a message dated 2/23/07 7:01:56 PM GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm designing the costumes for my high school's production of Our Country's Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker. If you don't know it--it's about the British convicts and soldiers sent to found a penal colony in Australia in 1789. There are several marines in the play--from rank of 2nd lieutenant to major, a navy midshipman, and the navy captain governor, an aborigine (not sure yet if this character will be played by a man or woman, which is a pain for designing the costume), several convict men, and five convict women. I was wondering if anybody here knew of any resources for researching the clothes of any of these sorts of people, or just happened to know stuff themselves. Much thanks! Cheerio, Anna Hi Anna You can properly get these books on ILL Duck and Cabbage Tree (1967) later re issued as Clothes in Australia. By Cedric Flower. Pub. Kangaroo Press 1984 Costume in Australia By Marion Fletcher. Pub Oxford University Press 1984 I think this is the book that has a list of clothing provided to the convicts, both male and female Sorry book not to hand for checking. Breeches and Bustles An illustrated history of clothes worn in Australia 1788-1914 By Elizabeth Scandrett. Pub. Pioneer Design Studio 1988 Hatches Matches and Dispatches. By Rowena Clark. National Gallery of Victoria 1987 This has a nice picture of a wedding gown approx. 1789 that went out of England (not white it would do for day dress design) The Remote Garrison. The British army in Australia. By Peter Stanley. Pub. Kangaroo Press 1986. I can't recall if the marines are shown in this book. I don't have it to hand at the moment to check. The Dress of the British Sailor. By Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens. Pub National Maritime Museum 1957 A small paper back with pictures for sailor costume of 1737 1750 1790 1795 1798 and 1799 Australian Costume 1788-1988 For Teen Dolls. By Marjory Fainges. Pub Kangaroo Press 1987. I have included this for any one who has time to dress Barbie and Ken as a memento of the production. I hope this helps. Lots of luck with the production. Regards Joy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] medieval book with pictures
I'm just about to do a gown from the mid 14th century Bohemia-German, (could be France, too). It will be for a man from a lower aristocratic class. So that's why I'm looking for some inspiration:-)) Zuzana Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: P.S.: If someone knew of a manuscript such as the codex manesse reprinted in a book, it would be very nice:-)) There are hundreds of such manuscript reprints, too many to list unless you can cite a specific time/place. Some of these are art books called manuscript facsimiles, which are page-by-page reproductions of full manuscripts. Others are art books about manuscript painting. Many are very expensive -- I know of two brilliant reproductions of the Manesse that are too expensive for my budget, but are in many libraries. (And it's online, too.) To get a good sense of what's out there, go to your nearest major library or university library and look in the *oversize* section under the subject heading of manuscript illumination or manuscript paintings. You'll find titles like Manuscript Painting in the Court of France; once you've found one, you'll find a shelf full. If you can tell us exactly what time and place you're interested in, we can probably point you to specific titles. I have about two bookshelves of manuscript facsimiles and collections of manuscript art that's mostly 14th and 15th c. English-French-Flemish, so you can see why I don't want to start listing here. But perhaps someone who already has their collection on Librarything would be willing to point Zuzana to a list of suitable books? (Wanda?) --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume - Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] medieval book with pictures
On Feb 24, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: I'm just about to do a gown from the mid 14th century Bohemia- German, (could be France, too). It will be for a man from a lower aristocratic class. So that's why I'm looking for some inspiration:-)) If you think that surviving garments from early 14th c. Bohemia might help you in this research, look into the burial garments of King Rudolf I of Bohemia. If you go to my surviving garments database online http://www.heatherrosejones.com/survivinggarments/ choosegarment.php and simply select: (Modern) Country of Garment = Czech Republic, all the items currently in the database with that characteristic are the Rudolf grave garments. I don't know how easy the cited pubications will be to track down, but they include cutting diagrams and lots of pictures as well as descriptions. Heather ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] [Fwd: Mamma Mia! Italian Velvet Sale!]
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[h-cost] Mamma Mia! Italian Velvet Sale!
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