I believe they are usually referred to leading bands or leading strings. Lappets are usually a part of a woman's cap. Here's an article that referrs to them as part of children's costume: http://www.history.org/history/clothing/children/child01.cfm
Karen Seamstrix -- "Saragrace Knauf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do any of you know of some sources which discuss the pieces of cloth (typically from the shoulder or sleeve scye) hanging from a child's costume? I need some reference material to support my discussion and can't seem to find anything specifically in my books. I have always referred to them as lappets....maybe this is why I can't find the reference? You can see it in the following picture. http://www.thinker.org/imagebase_zoom.asp?rec=6259302223530010 Or http://tinyurl.com/3y4vr6 It makes sense to me, and I seem to recall they were used to hang on to kids. This one shows a rope attached to the small child. http://tinyurl.com/3eyaqz _______________________________________________ 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
