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
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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/
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