www.ghees.com carries a 16" tubular bag frame. I couldn't find
anything bigger. Perhaps if you contact them they can point you elsewhere.
HTH,
Sandy
At 11:35 AM 1/27/2009, you wrote:
I am looking to build at least one (maybe more) 19th century-styled
carpetbag to complete a Victorian costume and for general use. I found a
great ebook article on the Smithsonian website (a reprint of a Scientific
American article from 1886) with pattern shapes and instructions so I'm set
there, but what I need to find now is a source for a tubular frame for the
top of the bag.
I'm looking for a square-shaped frame (rounded corners) with a flat spring
hinge that holds its shape (open or closed), somewhere in the neighborhood
of 20" x 7" when opened.
Does anyone have any idea where I might look? Are there any sutlers who
might specialize/deal in this sort of hardware?
TIA for any leads...
Richard in MI
"Those Who Fail to Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -
Why They Are Simply Doomed."
Achemdro'hm
"The Illusion of Historical Fact"
-- C. Y. 4971
Andromeda
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