Re: [h-cost] Pitti Palace Costume Collection

2013-08-21 Thread Katy Bishop 
Has anyone been to the Stibbert Museum recently (I was there in the 1980s
and there was case after case of hanging racks of costumes--I wanted to
open all of the class doors, I hubg back from our tour as much as
possible!.  They have a large collection of costumes and I wonder if
they've gotten better at exhibiting them.  Our cab driver had a hard time
even finding the museum. The museum is kind of an Isabella Stuart Gardner
Museum--the collection of a rich young art lover...

http://museostibbert.it/en/page/collections

katy


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:54 PM,  wrote:

>
> I visited the costume exhibit at the Pitti Palace in early June.  It was
> interesting, but underwhelming.  Perhaps I was jaded having recently
> visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fashion Museum in
> Bath.  The method of presentation was interesting at the Pitti Palace,
> juxtaposing fashion styles throughout history in the same display case to
> show influences.  For example, a 20th Century example of an Empire waist
> from the 60's might be displayed with a garment from around 1913 as well as
> one from the Napoleonic Era.  Even so, the collection is smallish.
>
> Cheryl Odom
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Charlene C 
> To: Historical Costume 
> Sent: Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:01 am
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Museum reference
>
>
> Pitti Palace has a costume section, but doesn't appear to have any special
> exhibits at the moment (or at least none that are on their website):
>
> http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/costume_gallery.html
>
> http://www.sbas.fi.it/english/musei/palazzopitti/
>
> --Charlene
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger <
> costu...@radiks.net> wrote:
>
> > I have this vague recent memory of reading about a historical clothing
> > exhibit at a museum in Florence, Italy that recently opened or will open
> > soon.  IIRC, it was roughly Renaissance era clothing.  I think it might
> > have been mentioned in Threads, but I can't locate my most current issue
> to
> > check.
> >
> > Our nephew is going to be studying in Florence for about 6 weeks, and I
> > wanted to pass along a request to go and take pics (if allowed) or buy
> the
> > exhibit book (if there is one).
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas of what I'm trying to remember?  I need this
> > info in the next couple of days, unfortunately.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Sandy
> >
> > International Costumers' Guild Archivist
> >
> > http://www.costume.org/**gallery2/main.php<
> http://www.costume.org/gallery2/main.php>
> >
> > "Those Who Fail to Learn History
> > Are Doomed to Repeat It;
> > Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -
> > Why They Are Simply Doomed."
> >
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> > "The Illusion of Historical Fact"
> > -- C. Y. 4971
> >
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Re: [h-cost] Pitti Palace Costume Collection

2013-08-21 Thread Rebecca 
I was there two years ago and had the same reaction.

Rebecca Schmitt
aka Agnyss Cabot, Guilde of St. Lawrence, Bristol Renn Faire

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Subject: [h-cost] Pitti Palace Costume Collection


I visited the costume exhibit at the Pitti Palace in early June.  It was
interesting, but underwhelming.  Perhaps I was jaded having recently visited
the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fashion Museum in Bath.
The method of presentation was interesting at the Pitti Palace, juxtaposing
fashion styles throughout history in the same display case to show
influences.  For example, a 20th Century example of an Empire waist from the
60's might be displayed with a garment from around 1913 as well as one from
the Napoleonic Era.  Even so, the collection is smallish.  

Cheryl Odom
Santa Fe, New Mexico



-Original Message-
From: Charlene C 
To: Historical Costume 
Sent: Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:01 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Museum reference


Pitti Palace has a costume section, but doesn't appear to have any special
exhibits at the moment (or at least none that are on their website):

http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/costume_gallery.html

http://www.sbas.fi.it/english/musei/palazzopitti/

--Charlene



On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger <
costu...@radiks.net> wrote:

> I have this vague recent memory of reading about a historical clothing 
> exhibit at a museum in Florence, Italy that recently opened or will 
> open soon.  IIRC, it was roughly Renaissance era clothing.  I think it 
> might have been mentioned in Threads, but I can't locate my most 
> current issue to check.
>
> Our nephew is going to be studying in Florence for about 6 weeks, and 
> I wanted to pass along a request to go and take pics (if allowed) or 
> buy the exhibit book (if there is one).
>
> Does anyone have any ideas of what I'm trying to remember?  I need 
> this info in the next couple of days, unfortunately.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sandy
>
> International Costumers' Guild Archivist
>
> http://www.costume.org/**gallery2/main.php<http://www.costume.org/gall
> ery2/main.php>
>
> "Those Who Fail to Learn History
> Are Doomed to Repeat It;
> Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly - Why They Are Simply 
> Doomed."
>
> Achemdro'hm
> "The Illusion of Historical Fact"
> -- C. Y. 4971
>
> Andromeda
> __**_
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[h-cost] Pitti Palace Costume Collection

2013-08-16 Thread cheryldee 

I visited the costume exhibit at the Pitti Palace in early June.  It was 
interesting, but underwhelming.  Perhaps I was jaded having recently visited 
the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fashion Museum in Bath.  The 
method of presentation was interesting at the Pitti Palace, juxtaposing fashion 
styles throughout history in the same display case to show influences.  For 
example, a 20th Century example of an Empire waist from the 60's might be 
displayed with a garment from around 1913 as well as one from the Napoleonic 
Era.  Even so, the collection is smallish.  

Cheryl Odom
Santa Fe, New Mexico



-Original Message-
From: Charlene C 
To: Historical Costume 
Sent: Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:01 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Museum reference


Pitti Palace has a costume section, but doesn't appear to have any special
exhibits at the moment (or at least none that are on their website):

http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/costume_gallery.html

http://www.sbas.fi.it/english/musei/palazzopitti/

--Charlene



On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger <
costu...@radiks.net> wrote:

> I have this vague recent memory of reading about a historical clothing
> exhibit at a museum in Florence, Italy that recently opened or will open
> soon.  IIRC, it was roughly Renaissance era clothing.  I think it might
> have been mentioned in Threads, but I can't locate my most current issue to
> check.
>
> Our nephew is going to be studying in Florence for about 6 weeks, and I
> wanted to pass along a request to go and take pics (if allowed) or buy the
> exhibit book (if there is one).
>
> Does anyone have any ideas of what I'm trying to remember?  I need this
> info in the next couple of days, unfortunately.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sandy
>
> International Costumers' Guild Archivist
>
> http://www.costume.org/**gallery2/main.php
>
> "Those Who Fail to Learn History
> Are Doomed to Repeat It;
> Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -
> Why They Are Simply Doomed."
>
> Achemdro'hm
> "The Illusion of Historical Fact"
> -- C. Y. 4971
>
> Andromeda
> __**_
> h-costume mailing list
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