Melanie and Suzi, Thanks for those references! I knew I wasn't nuts. It even recalled where I had seen pieced-calf stockings before - I think we are talking about the same pair, yellow Chinese damask silk hose, but mine are listed as being Royal Danish Collections, Rosenborg Castle.
It's the Met stockings I am comparing to - I have plenty on those. ;-) I had hit a mental block recently, and just couldn't recall where exactly I had seen pieced-calf stockings, just knew that I had. The only one I could come up with was Bocksten hose, but they are not contemporary enough to really be a fair comparison. My biggest sticking point is to make certain the cut was on both stockings, not just one. I'm trying to prove it was intentionally made this way, not salvaged from a sleeve from a previous garment. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the logistics of that. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! Now, off to find support on the collar weirdness of these shirts.... Kathy Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert (Fieldless) On a rose Or barbed vert a lion's head erased gules. Its never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot Tosach eólais imchomarc. - Questioning is the beginning of knowledge. http://www.sengoidelc.com/node/131 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
