This project looks like it will keep you out of mischief! In real size, how
big are these pieces to be; or are the pics real size? You speak of sleeves
and chemise: will this piece show outside or will it remain only for
interior beauty?
Kathleen
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From: Marie Stewart
Hey there... the squares which hold the Punto Tagliato work are all
near to 4.5 inches in length and each little square is approximately
1/4 inch by 1/4 inch. These panels of lace will decorate the
exterior of each sleeve, and only be seen if peeking through an over
layer, or when the lady
Does anyone know of an available source that diagrams a woman's
dress from this period? (preferably online, but I'll take what I can
get)
I'm looking for a basic diagram of something like this:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/euwb/hob_1991.6.1a,b.htm
Someone diagrammed this gown!
Lavolta Press wrote:
Without checking the book, that looks like the dress diagrammed in the
first edition of Blanche Payne's /_History of Costume: From the Ancient
Egyptians to the Twentieth Century./_
The one in Payne is dated 1690, but you're right, it's cut the same.
Thanks.
Dawn
I didn't go that far back I was looking at 18th century. I did see the dress
on page 413 figure 434 and thought at fast glance that was it. But as it's
at the Copenhagen Museum that is unlikely.
On 10/9/05, Susan B. Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Jacqueline Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
