CF, and it
looked just like a regular 16/17th century gown. Those zany Victorians!
Kathy Norvell
-Original Message-
From: Judy Mitchell judymi...@theoldforest.net
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wed, Aug 12, 2009 4:20 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Shirone gown
Cin
Thanks for all your comments on the Shinrone gown, everyone.
It's certainly more than I knew before disappointing that there's not
much else to go on. If there's a paper or even a mention in CSA or Dress,
I'd like to have a heads up about it. Other than that, sounds like
everyone's sharing the
No, there isn't much out there. At my visit, I
spoke with museum curatorial staff. I asked for
copies of any conservation reports on the gown
that they had, but they said that they could not
find any. They had a new textile conservator, but
her office is at the other museum (Barracks) and
Cin wrote:
Thanks for all your comments on the Shinrone gown, everyone.
It's certainly more than I knew before disappointing that there's not
much else to go on. If there's a paper or even a mention in CSA or Dress,
I'd like to have a heads up about it. Other than that, sounds like
And as Kass mentions, it is not supposed to lace closed in front. It
really is cut that way, tho why I am still not sure.
I've made two of these dresses and I have to agree with Kass's conclusions that
it is a dress that can be adapted for pregnancy (though I've yet to try it on
someone who
a small ruff?
Kathleen Norvell
-Original Message-
From: Kimiko Small sstormwa...@yahoo.com
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 4:32 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Shirone gown
Hi Cynthia,
Kass' info on the Shinrone gown is probably the most thorough I know
Ladies (and a few gents),
Have any of you got informative comments to share on the Shirone gown?
I'm looking at the front and wondering whether that placket is
* cut on the straight grain like a Henrican kirtle distorted with
age, wear and/or burial
* cut on the straight CF but folded back in a
At 03:32 PM 8/10/2009, you wrote:
Hi Cynthia,
Kass' info on the Shinrone gown is probably the most thorough I know of,
I agree. Having seen the dress myself, Kass is pretty thorough. Her
site is here:
https://www.reconstructinghistory.com
The Shinrone article:
The gown
http://www.the-irish-path.com/images/shinrone_dress.jpg
and a discription
In 1843 a woman's dress was found buried in a bog near Shinrone, Co.
Tipperary. It was believed to be from the sixteenth or seventeenth century.
It was very well preserved.
It was made of a brown woolen cloth. It
