Dear Paula,
I get my magazines from Australia, there are no places in Denmark where i
can buy it.
But maybe there are places in USA?
The magazine is called Inspirations
Here is a link directly to Australia:
http://www.countrybumpkin.com.au/
Bjarne
- Original Message -
From: Paula
I received the following query (via my surviving garments web page)
from an author who needs help verifying a term. I'll post his
question below and will forward him anything people can provide to
help. (I haven't had a chance to check with him whether it would be
ok to post his e-mail
Thank you Bjarne, I'm bookmarking the site. Lovely items there.
Paula
From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] (no subject)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 10:52:07 +0200
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I have a first printing of Millia Davenport's The Book of Costume for
sale. It's the two-volume edition in a cardboard sleeve. Printed in 1948.
The cardboard sleeve still has the paper cover. The paper covers on the
sleeve are worn but intact and the sleeve is solid. The books are also in
good
(I remember reading that several years ago, a piece of silk was found--I believe
they think it might have been Phillip of Macedonia's tomb, but it had basically
turned to jelly, as the silk proteins were broken down)
That's not true. It's still fiber, still purple tabby woven with
strips of
So the gist of the question seems to be:
* Islamic Middle East, near Jerusalem (although no guarantees that
his original source was specific to that location)
* garment/cloth woven to shape, not cut or sewn
* worn by emir (presumably in his original source material)
* name something like
Greetings all,
I believe it was on this list that someone was looking for period
references for two sided blackwork. This is not a period source but I
did notice in my Nordic Needle spring catalog (M07) a reprint
available of _Reversible Blackwork_ by Ilse Altherr.
Lady Margaret
Is this like Jesus' seamless garment?
What period?
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On May 12, 2007, at 5:43 PM, Cin wrote:
So the gist of the question seems to be:
* Islamic Middle East, near Jerusalem (although no guarantees that
his original source was specific to
