This is a sales site, but the pictures are very nicely presented with
lots of detail shots:
http://www.antiquedress.com/gallerymuseum1new.htm
Was just surfing and came across it.
Dawn
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In a message dated 8/27/2005 12:06:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lack of a linen undergarment will less comfortable. If she is very
insistent on not wearing a chemise, use lightweight linen in the
appropriate color to line the gown. Satin is a fairly tight weav
In a message dated 8/27/2005 12:06:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/PLATE23AX.HTML
Do remember that that is a 2nd hand image done in the 1840s and has some
Victorian flair to it. See if you can find the original inspiration for that
pl
A friend is sending off some scholarly material to a publisher, and wants
to doublecheck some information. She got it from a published source, but
it's a bit out of her area, and she wants to make sure the source hasn't
been superceded (or wasn't incorrect in the first place).
So -- I'd love to k
Unfortunately, most dvd's from other countries won't play on US machines.
http://www.choicesdirect.com/templates/product.asp?ProductGuid=671598&CallerID=NKLK9042&cm_ven=Kelkoo%20DVDs&cm_cat=na&cm_pla=na&cm_ite=NKLK9042
It's not too hard to find DVD players that will play discs from all
Unfortunately, most dvd's from other countries won't play on US machines.
:-(
kate
- Original Message -
From: "Kahlara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Re: Tales From the Green Valley
OOps, sorry about that last me
Lack of a linen undergarment will less comfortable. If she is very
insistent on not wearing a chemise, use lightweight linen in the
appropriate color to line the gown. Satin is a fairly tight weave and
generally does not breathe all that well, whether it is silk or not,
so I would not use sati
Belatedly, I want to thank everyone that responded to
these messages.
The future MIL has made her choice and really liked
the Florentine
-(http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/PLATE23AX.HTML) - so we
are going with that, but with wide sleeves and a hair
style like the woman's on the left.
Burgundy in a
Alas the release date appears to be December 29th! I guess that's better
than next year, maybe, sometime in the US.
Thanks for sharing.
Kimiko
At 02:56 PM 8/26/2005, you wrote:
OOps, sorry about that last message - hit the wrong
key!
I showed my FI the website with the write-ups about
the
OOps, sorry about that last message - hit the wrong
key!
I showed my FI the website with the write-ups about
the series and lamented that I couldn't watch them.
Without promting he went online and found this...
http://www.choicesdirect.com/templates/product.asp?ProductGuid=671598&CallerID=NKLK90
rom the Green Valley
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Quilts were made of clothes fabric. Printed cotton
quilts were made of printed cotton clothes fabric.
It might have been purposely bought for the quilt
project (yes, that did happen), or might have been
scraps left over from a clothing project.
Or "recycled" scraps from clothes no longer in a
At 15:18 26/08/2005, you wrote:
Oh, go ahead and rub it in :( Anne (who really wants to see this someday)
I did say sorry!
Suzi
A reminder for those who can get BBC2, this evening at 7.30 p.m.
(don't forget we are an hour ahead of GMT for "summertime" - don't
make me laugh) sees the se
At 14:57 26/08/2005, you wrote:
Don't know if anyone has posted this link yet, but they have many images
of their costumes online and zoom-able!
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/browse.mac/typeIndex?selLang=English&selCateg=suit
Not everything that is in the books but most and so
Oh, go ahead and rub it in :( Anne (who really wants to see this someday)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Suzi Clarke
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 8:51 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] Reminder "Tales from the Green Valley"
At 14:20 26/08/2005, you wrote:
Suzi,
Is this on BBC America?
No, sorry, first showing in Britain. But some ladies seemed to think
that they might be able to pick it up on satellite.
Suzi
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Don't know if anyone has posted this link yet, but they have many images
of their costumes online and zoom-able!
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/browse.mac/typeIndex?selLang=English&selCateg=suit
Not everything that is in the books but most and some that I've never
seen before. L
Suzi,
Is this on BBC America?
Penny E. Ladnier
Owner,
The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com
Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com
Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com
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> also, this is a bit of a boast, and I will not be able to give the
> name of the store (i am going to go back on sat, and i just know
> where it is) but I found a bunch of 60 inch wide linen in fairly
> light weights for 3.50 (plus 8 5/8th % sales tax). I think I am
> going to buy a variity
A reminder for those who can get BBC2, this evening at 7.30 p.m.
(don't forget we are an hour ahead of GMT for "summertime" - don't
make me laugh) sees the second "month" of the "Tales from the Green
Valley" series. For those who can't get it - I am sorry.
Suzi
I don't know of linen bias tape, but linen straight grain tape can be
found here:
http://www.woodedhamlet.com/tapes_braids/dutch_linentape.html
-Irmgart
On 8/25/05, Cozit / Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know if such actually exists/anyone make/sell it?
>
> Yes, I know can make it
I've seen linen *tapes* for sale (Wooded Hamlet, maybe??), but not linen
*bias* tapes, sorry.
--Sue
Cozit / Liz wrote:
Does anyone know if such actually exists/anyone make/sell it?
Yes, I know can make it myself, but it's *so* much easier not to have
to, and I've got an edge that needs rein
There weren't quilting shops during the Civil War, or
any of the rest of the nineteenth century.
Quilts were made of clothes fabric. Printed cotton
quilts were made of printed cotton clothes fabric.
It might have been purposely bought for the quilt
project (yes, that did happen), or might have
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