This is a repeat from a memo I wrote April 3, 2011, in which I explained Queen Victoria's height. To properly protect the gowns of Victoria that have been displayed at Kensington Palace for many years, *individual mannequins were custom made - to fit the clothing.* It was then that textile professionals realized that she had lost an astonishing 4" in height in her later years, a fact that seemed to never have been noted by her personal physician or anyone else. In 1837 she was believed to have been 4' 11". Her late 1890's dresses (near the end of her life) suggest a height of 4' 7" or at most 4' 8" (this would depend on petticoats and shoe heel height). These last dresses had a waist measurement of 46 inches. This information is on page 171 in the book "In Royal Fashion - The Clothes of Princess Charlotte of Wales and Queen Victoria 1796-1901" by Kay Staniland - published by the Museum of London in 1997, 0-904818-77-2. This is one of my favorite books about historic costumes. It is delicious to read and well illustrated with color photographs. Another research book is "Royal Honiton Lace" by Elsie Luxton and Yusai Fukuyama, published by Batsford in 1988, 0-7134-5764-3. This one has very nice black and white photos of the wedding laces, christening robes, and other lace items belonging to the Royal Family. It contains a short history of Honiton Lace. It also has a 10-page copy of the Act of 1697, meant to prohibit the importation of foreign lace. There are 85 memos about Queen Victoria in Arachne archives. _http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=Queen+Victoria&l=lace%40arachne.com_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=Queen+Victoria&l=lace@arachne.com) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center --------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 3/6/2017 4:15:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, lacel...@frontier.com writes:
Tonight I saw a program about filming 'Victoria'. They had the wedding gown on display and showed closeups of it. They did mention that Victoria was 4'8" tall. There has been a wide variety of laces used in the collars of the servants. On the dark dresses, they show up very well. Alice in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
