Great catch! Thank you so much!
Lauren M. Walker
lauren.wal...@comcast.net
On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Emily Gilbert wrote:
I'm not an expert on this topic, but looking at the link to the fashion notes
for the year, which refer to the curious and startling open-crowned coronet
bonnet
Thank you so much! This really helps!
Lauren M. Walker
lauren.wal...@comcast.net
On Sep 17, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Katy Bishop wrote:
I found an illustration from the Delineator from 1889, July that shows a
similar hat, with the same off center wavy brim, from the back, and it
seems to have a
As I recall, leghorn describes the type of straw the hat is made of. Also,
that brim is wavy, not flat at all. It's a gorgeous hat!
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Lauren Walker
lauren.wal...@comcast.netwrote:
Hi,
Working on the last of the four 19th-century fashion plates I'm recreating
Hi,
Yes, the brim is wavy, but apparently that's a way of styling the leghorn
flat, since the written description calls it a flat. (It's Fig. 2 in the
descriptions here.)
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004176882;view=1up;seq=185
So frequently, the descriptions assume we know the
Hi,
Working on the last of the four 19th-century fashion plates I'm recreating as
doll outfits! I would like to check in with those more familiar with
19th-century millinery about the hat. It's an 1889 flat leghorn, according
to Godey's text; I'm trying to confirm that it has a low flat crown
I'm not an expert on this topic, but looking at the link to the fashion
notes for the year, which refer to the curious and startling
open-crowned coronet bonnet (toward the bottom of the left-hand column
on that page), I'd say it's reasonably safe to assume that your leghorn
does have a crown!
I found an illustration from the Delineator from 1889, July that shows a
similar hat, with the same off center wavy brim, from the back, and it
seems to have a very low crown. Leghorn is a type of straw.
Katy
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Emily Gilbert emchantm...@gmail.comwrote:
I'm not
