[h-cost] book recomondation
Yesterday i had a meeting with a lady from Hamburg in Germany, whom i am making the new anglaise dress for. She gave me some wonderfull gifts. One of them, i would really recomend to read for those of you who loves the 18th century. Delany was one of the finest embroiderers of England, and she embroidered her own court mantua. This books have some pictures of her embroidery and her letters are full of describtions about fashion trough large parts of the century. She was born early in the century, and died more than 80 years old. I have already read large parts of the book, it is lovely reading! Here is a link to it http://tinyurl.co.uk/e7v7 The other gift i got was a lovely pillow cover embroidered with whitework and edged with esquisite lace. Its real antique 18th century. It has a kind of shadow work where the bottom is filled out with french knots, and believe me if i tell you, that these are so tiny, you wouldnt imagine it! Their needles must have ben very tiny, the finest i have, would be 10 times as big. Finally i got a real coin from the time of Christian VII its from 1787, what do you say? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] book recomondation
At 17:09 02/10/2006, you wrote: Yesterday i had a meeting with a lady from Hamburg in Germany, whom i am making the new anglaise dress for. She gave me some wonderfull gifts. One of them, i would really recomend to read for those of you who loves the 18th century. Delany was one of the finest embroiderers of England, and she embroidered her own court mantua. This books have some pictures of her embroidery and her letters are full of describtions about fashion trough large parts of the century. She was born early in the century, and died more than 80 years old. I have already read large parts of the book, it is lovely reading! Here is a link to it http://tinyurl.co.uk/e7v7 The other gift i got was a lovely pillow cover embroidered with whitework and edged with esquisite lace. Its real antique 18th century. It has a kind of shadow work where the bottom is filled out with french knots, and believe me if i tell you, that these are so tiny, you wouldnt imagine it! Their needles must have ben very tiny, the finest i have, would be 10 times as big. Finally i got a real coin from the time of Christian VII its from 1787, what do you say? Bjarne Bjarne Thanks for that - I've just ordered a copy from Amazon to go with the 18th century embroidery book! Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] book recomondation
Hi Bjarne. The 18th century isn't my area of interest, but the gifts that your client gave you sound amazing! Any chance that you might put pictures up of the needles (with a modern needle to compare it to) and of the pillow? I just *love* pretty pillows! :-) With regards, ailith - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:09 PM Subject: [h-cost] book recomondation Yesterday i had a meeting with a lady from Hamburg in Germany, whom i am making the new anglaise dress for. She gave me some wonderfull gifts. One of them, i would really recomend to read for those of you who loves the 18th century. Delany was one of the finest embroiderers of England, and she embroidered her own court mantua. This books have some pictures of her embroidery and her letters are full of describtions about fashion trough large parts of the century. She was born early in the century, and died more than 80 years old. I have already read large parts of the book, it is lovely reading! Here is a link to it http://tinyurl.co.uk/e7v7 The other gift i got was a lovely pillow cover embroidered with whitework and edged with esquisite lace. Its real antique 18th century. It has a kind of shadow work where the bottom is filled out with french knots, and believe me if i tell you, that these are so tiny, you wouldnt imagine it! Their needles must have ben very tiny, the finest i have, would be 10 times as big. Finally i got a real coin from the time of Christian VII its from 1787, what do you say? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] book recomondation
Hi, Yes i wouldnt mind post some pictures of the pillow cover, but i think you misunderstood me with the needle. I just ment, looking at the fine embroidery, that they must have used tiny tiny needles, to make it, much smaller than the needles we use today Bjarne - Original Message - From: Ailith Mackintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] book recomondation Hi Bjarne. The 18th century isn't my area of interest, but the gifts that your client gave you sound amazing! Any chance that you might put pictures up of the needles (with a modern needle to compare it to) and of the pillow? I just *love* pretty pillows! :-) With regards, ailith - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:09 PM Subject: [h-cost] book recomondation Yesterday i had a meeting with a lady from Hamburg in Germany, whom i am making the new anglaise dress for. She gave me some wonderfull gifts. One of them, i would really recomend to read for those of you who loves the 18th century. Delany was one of the finest embroiderers of England, and she embroidered her own court mantua. This books have some pictures of her embroidery and her letters are full of describtions about fashion trough large parts of the century. She was born early in the century, and died more than 80 years old. I have already read large parts of the book, it is lovely reading! Here is a link to it http://tinyurl.co.uk/e7v7 The other gift i got was a lovely pillow cover embroidered with whitework and edged with esquisite lace. Its real antique 18th century. It has a kind of shadow work where the bottom is filled out with french knots, and believe me if i tell you, that these are so tiny, you wouldnt imagine it! Their needles must have ben very tiny, the finest i have, would be 10 times as big. Finally i got a real coin from the time of Christian VII its from 1787, what do you say? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
