Quoting Lloyd Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I have to add that after examining extant 18th C garments, I am amazed at all the piecing that was used to get the whole costume out of a given fabric yardage.Lots!! Matching patterns, never mind grain, did not seem to be a high priority. Using today's fabric widths often prompts wider skirts or fuller sleeves because our aesthetic consciousness allows for an opulence that may never have been possible in times past.
Another earlier example is the Eleanor of Toledo "burial dress" -- she also wore it when she was alive and was painted in this gown at least once (so you can't say it was pieced because she was buried in it) http://epee.goldsword.com/sfarmer/SCA/Paintings/EleanoraBurialDress-150.jpg Susan ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
