Someone posted a link to the cover picture, not the one inside that you had described for me. Suzi has sent me a scan of the page in question, so I have both images in my collection now. every bit of information that I can find about the dolls is really wonderful.
Oh and to make this really historical costume related, these dolls in these images aren't fashion dolls. Fashion dolls didn't really come into common use until the mid-17th or later centuries. Everything I've found with dolls from the 16th and early 17th century show the doll matching it's owner, so an English girl's doll wears English styles, the German girl's doll wears German styles and the Spanish girl's doll wears Spanish styles. If anyone has something different I'd love to see it! alex On 3/22/06, Bjarne og Leif Drews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I get a little confused now. The cover book picture, shows 3 girls. First > girl carries grapes in her right hand, second girl has pears and the > little > girl a doll. > > Bjarne > > The picture asked for was inside, and only in black and white. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:05 PM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Book on Lace Question > > > > At 13:10 22/03/2006, you wrote: > >>Quoting Bjarne og Leif Drews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>>Hi Susan, > >>>This is the picture on the cover of the book, the other one is inside > the > >>>book. > >>>So its not this one, unfortunately. > >> > >>That one was so tiny, if it *was* the correct picture, I don't know how > >>much good it would have been. Sounds like when I finish this > >>dissertation, I'm going to have to ILL this book too. My library > >>doesn't have it. > > > > > > The description of the picture on the front cover is as follows > "Portrait > > of three young girls, circle of Robert Peake, c. 1620" > > > > The relevant picture is of three children. The boy on the left carries a > > whip, or gloves - the picture is not very clear. The child in the > middle, > > a girl, carries a doll, and the third girl seems to be holding the > younger > > girl's leading strings. This is the one that matches the description > that > > Bjarne gave, and not the coloured one recently shown. (I've wiped all > the > > previous correspondence - sorry.) > > > > Alexandria, I can scan this for you if it would help? > > > > Suzi > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
