At 19:29 23/10/2006, you wrote:
Hi Cynthia,
Yes it is getting chilly here now, but the dress is not going to be
used in wintertime. The fair takes place in june, so its fine.
I did send her some suggestions of reds i would like, but i am
afraid she want a real red, like christmas red :-(.
But we have not desided to buy silk yeat, i am going to make a
cotton model first, and maybe on its way, and when she gets here to
fit, ill talk her into some more 18th century reds. I think that
this solid red, only was used for uniforms and hunting costumes?
Maybe i could persuade her to go and watch Marie Antoinette next
month, to get a feeling of the collours. It opens here nov. 17th.
What a brilliant idea! I could go with her........... tata tata.........
Bjarne
There were plain reds Bjarne. Hogarth painted at least one lady at a
wedding I believe - can't lay my hands on the book right now. And one
of the Queens (Marie Leczinskia?) had herself painted in red velvet
with a knotting shuttle?
Suzi
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