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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:35:54 -0400
From: "Audrey Bergeron-Morin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] crepines?
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Me again!
It seems to be also a coif of some
Thank you, Dawn, I had hoped you would reply. Your knowledge base is so varied
and always practical!
Laurie> Subject: Re: [h-cost] play costume 1888> > zelda crusher wrote:> > For
example, low class "street women" are to wear button-up shirts, long full
skirts, long sweaters, hats, vests and f
zelda crusher wrote:
For example, low class "street women" are to wear button-up shirts, long full skirts, long sweaters, hats, vests and fingerless gloves in tan, brown, grey and black. "Upper class" women can wear dark primary colors and the only thing different on the list is that their glove
Hi all,
My 15 year old is in summer school for a production of "Jekyll & Hyde: The
Musical" (which concept, btw, makes my skin crawl). The performance dates are
Aug. 2 &3. Surprise, surprise, parents are responsible for providing the
costumes, but the only guidelines are very skimpy. For e
At 17:35 04/07/2008, you wrote:
Me again!
It seems to be also a coif of some sort. It's also written crespine. I
don't know if we have the same crépine as the one you're looking for,
but in French, that's what it means.
However... logically, it comes from crêpe, or the verb crêper, which
can me
Me again!
It seems to be also a coif of some sort. It's also written crespine. I
don't know if we have the same crépine as the one you're looking for,
but in French, that's what it means.
However... logically, it comes from crêpe, or the verb crêper, which
can mean to ruffle or pleat in some inst
All right, I knew I'd seen crépine somewhere...
In French, it's usually used for the hairnet worn under veils and hair
bands in the Middle Ages. Doesn't mean it's not used for something
else, but that's the common meaning. I'll search some more...
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I did a quick google search and the word "crepin" (Singular?) shows up
frequently as a name- various people and seems to be a location names
as well. I think there's a disease as well.
the word "crepiner" shows up again as a name, though not as much under
the first search, and as I believe a piece
Sorry for the confusion, the word is CREPINER and when the word ends with ER
it is multiple.
Bjarne
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From: "Audrey Bergeron-Morin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] crepines?
Is it crepins, crepin or crepine? You wrote it three different ways...
It could be French, but I'm not sure exactly what it means (yet!).
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Leif og Bjarne Drews
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> A friend found a box in an archive, containing letters and bills. One of the
A friend found a box in an archive, containing letters and bills. One of the
bills was for a young girl in 1748, she had boaght caps, stockings, gloves,
piano lessons and linnens for embroidery. There was also a pannier with
matching "crepiner" in danish. Is there a similar word in french, germa
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