Kathy Page wrote:
It even recalled where I had seen pieced-calf stockings before - I
think we are talking about the same pair, yellow Chinese damask silk
hose, but mine are listed as being Royal Danish Collections,
Rosenborg Castle.
I don't know that those are the same pair as the ones in
on saragrace wrote:
Here are a few pics from the Phoenix Art Museum talk I did last week. Still
tweaking the CSS style sheets so bear with me! I'll be updating some of the
details for the diary now that I have time .
http://saragrace.us/images/GoldenAge/Actuals/Event/index.htm
Very astute observation. It was uncomfortable - I agree with you, in the
past nothing I've made has been uncomfortable, but this was, and I
attributed it to the way I cut the bodice. The corset wasn't uncomfortable
if worn in the normal push up mode, but Heather, the model, said it was
Lorina, this is quite the norm for the first part of the 17th century in the
Netherlands - (which at the time was much larger than it is now.)
The bodice is pretty tight, doubtful of much use for pregnancy. The outer
gown on the other hand is a possibility. I took this pattern from Juan
Mine are photographed in:
Textiles Revealed
Object lessons in historic textile and costume research
Edited by Mary M. Brooks
How to Read Historic Textiles by Katia Johansen.
Figure 6a Hose of yellow Chinese silk damask with a white pattern of swimming
ducks; this fabric is the same as the
Oops! I could say that I only caught a glimpse of the little guy, so I
mistook him for a girl, but that would be a fib. My modern bias was
showing...
Gail Finke
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Lovely! Thanks for the information! :-)
And indeed do post the information to your website. Knowledge is
always a good thing.
Regards,
Lorina
(who at the moment has her head firmly entrenched in 1832 for her upcoming
novel)
Five Rivers Chapmanry
purveyors of quality hand-crafted
At 21:37 08/03/2007, you wrote:
Mine are photographed in: Textiles Revealed
Object lessons in historic textile and costume
research Edited by Mary M. Brooks How to Read
Historic Textiles by Katia Johansen. Figure 6a
Hose of yellow Chinese silk damask with a white
pattern of swimming ducks;
The ones in Textile Conservation are of a yellow wool and are part of a
costume made (and presumably worn) by the grandson of the landsknecht
Andreas Wild von Wynigen. It was probably made late in the 16th c. but
is designed to look like a mercenary's outfit from much earlier. The
grandson
I am making myself a middle class cloak. I was looking for something with
an interesting hood, so I went to Algacea for some ideas. I am curious
about several of them.
I've made some mockups and am not exactly sure if
what I have done is correct. If you compare f.53a Balandran,
f.46a Turkish
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