On Tuesday 15 July 2008 11:42:42 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > Oooh me too! I sincerely believe that aprons were worn in the way > depicted, but in this case it wouldn't even lie neat and flat with the > sagging overdress underneath it. The silk on linen is fairly stiff and > would not just lie crumpled flat. Gytha
That's an excellent point. The silk trimmed section looks fairly thick. It would probably take all three brooches to secure in the box-pleat like position shown by the second drawing. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny."--Edmund Burke _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
