Re: [h-cost] scholarly historical costume list
Thanks Beth Robin, I guess those lists are what I was remembering. I'll give it a try. Thanks so much for responding. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] I started these almost a year ago, but the majority of the posts have been mine, so it has been mostly posts of new book notices, journal articles of interest, conferences, etc. Quite a few have joined these lists, but traffic has been slow lately. Members are from the USA, UK, various Scandinavian countries and Germany, but unfortunately none from France, Italy or eastern Europe as yet. and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posts to this has currently been primarily about the Janet Arnold Conference and travel relating to Florence, Italy. See the Yahoo webpages to find out more. Beth Matney ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Costume Technicians Handbook -- 2nd vs 3rd ed
What's the difference(s) between the 2nd and the 3rd editions of the Costume Technicians Handbook? I know that there are *significant* differences between the 1st and the 2nd editions Thanks! Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] MEDIEVAL ARCHEOLOGY
In celebration of the Society for Medieval Archeology's 50th aniversary, the first 50 volumes of the journal Medieval Archeology have been placed online for free viewing at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/med_arch/ There is as list of them by years and I just clicked on 1984 at random to find a 30 page article on late Saxon textile finds in the City of London! Janet ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] New book on 1820s clothing, needlework, the toilet, and other topics
After seven years of work, our new title The Lady's Stratagem: A Repository of 1820s Instructions for the Toilet, Mantua-Making, Stay-Making, Millinery Etiquette is now available. Topics which may be of particular interest to this list include an entire manual on stay-making and a substantial chapter from a different source, both translated from French for the first time; likewise for mantua-making; unusually early instructions for knitting a variety of garments and accessories in addition to stockings; a large chapter of millinery instructions, including 52 trimmings; 25 embroidery patterns; and substantial information on the toilet, wardrobe planning, clothing care and storage, and laundry. The book specs are: The Lady's Stratagem: A Repository of 1820s Directions for the Toilet, Mantua-Making, Stay-Making, Millinery Etiquette Edited, translated, and with additional material by Frances Grimble 8 1/2 x 11 quality paperback 755 pages 98 line drawings, 36 halftones Glossary, bibliography, and index ISBN: 978-0-9636517-7-8 LCCN: 2008920010 More information, a color image of the cover, and a PDF of the table of contents are available on our website, http://www.lavoltapress.com. Frances Grimble Lavolta Press ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Need help finding pictures of regency weddings
Dear fellow costumers I am looking for pictures of regency weddings to share with a friend who is planning her wedding, regency style and is looking for ideas. Does anyone on this list have pictures or links they can share with me? Many thanks, Aylwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] French titles - medieval
Chris, I had the same reaction to The Devil's Cloth, and his book on heraldry. Entertaining, yes, but not always thoroughly grounded in the most recent historical research. Pastoreau's works are an okay place to start a research project as long as you back it up with other sources. And the pictures are nice. :-) Suzanne On Nov 2, 2008, at 1:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Chris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: November 1, 2008 9:04:26 PM CDT To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] French titles - Mediaeval costume and textiles ... On Nov 1, 2008, at 3:40 AM, Viv Watkins wrote: You might be interested in this book - although it covers a much wider period it has a good mediaeval section. trimmed The French title is - Rayures: Une histoire des rayures et des tissus rayes by Michel Pastoureau ISBN 2020236664. Publisher Seuil (1995). It is out of print but Amazon has one copy available in the USA at £15.26. The translation is - The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism) ISBN 0231123663 . Columbia University Press (2001). Amazon has plenty of copies starting from £7.99. Michel Pastoureau is a very entertaining writer, but tends to be a bit how shall I say this flamboyant? about some of what he says. I have a couple of his books, including _Blue: The History of a Color_ and right at the very beginning it contains some passages that appear to demonstrate that he either is not aware of, or is deliberately ignoring, some of the significant research on the cognitive history of color concepts (or so says the scholar who gave it to me). OChris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
