The translation sure sound like the tool I got in January...online.
Kathleen
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From: Diana Habra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Early 19th century French term
Has anyone run
My reference comes from almost a century earlier than the crank pinker
you bought--I checked the picture of yours when you bought it. Do you
have a picture of a crank pinker for home use like the one you bought
but from the early 19th century/Regency period? All the other
references I have
at once would be an even Bigger
help.
Kathleen
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From: Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Early 19th century French term
My reference comes from almost a century earlier
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Kathleen
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Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Early 19th century French term
My reference comes from almost a century earlier than the crank pinker
you bought--I
Just because you have a technology, or the potential for it, does not
mean people were using it for that purpose at that time. A cranked
pinker in the early 19th-century for home use is a technological
possibility, but so is a two-sided punch. I was hoping someone on the
list had definite
Has anyone run across a reference to some sort of early 19th-century
tool for pinking fabric called an arrache-pièce à dents? (I'm not sure
the accents will come through in the email you receive, but I tried.
The only modern reference I've found to this terms to a tool called a
gear puller
I think it's something that pinks on two sides of a band of material,
but I imagine a punch could be made that way. I was hoping someone on
the list had seen one.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
Diana Habra wrote:
Has anyone run across a reference to some sort of early
