Thanks, and they do have the ties. Great. Katy
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Hanna Zickermann <h.zickerm...@gmx.de> wrote: > Found them! > http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=116982&coll_keywords=sleeve+puff&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1 > > Hanna > > At 21:25 22.03.2009, you wrote: >> >> The sleeve puffs from the MFA in Boston (can't find a pic on-line), >> which I last saw in person about 15 years ago, were made of white, >> fine china silk and stuffed with down, they weighed almost nothing. >> There were no obvious attachment ties or the like. They were >> basically shaped like a dress sleeve with and outer sleeve and more >> fitted inner sleeve. When I made mine I made a sleeve pattern >> slightly smaller than my dress' sleeve and made up a fitted inner >> sleeve. I plan to make ties to attach them, but for now I pin them in >> place. >> >> Saundra Altman of Past Patterns has pattern in her archives that has >> yet to be published, you might ask her. Does the Workwoman's guide >> have sleeve puffs? >> >> Katy >> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Cin <cinbar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Ladies & a few gents, >> > I'm trying to find a better picture of a single garment with cotton >> > sleeve puffs filled with down. There's a tiny picture in Payne >> > showing a gal in all a mix of c1825-33 unmentionables. She's wearing >> > a short sleeved something with down-filled crescents to make those >> > late 1820s-early 1830s sleeves take form. >> > My question concerns the nature of the puffs. Does anyone have a >> > better picture, museum description or similar garment? >> > The garment was, when this photo was take, at the Gallery of English >> > Costume, Manchester. The collection URL is >> > >> > http://www.manchestergalleries.org/the-collections/search-the-collection/ >> > but doesnt fully describe the puffs. I'm particularly seeking >> > construction & attachment details. >> > >> > The book, Blanche Payne's, History of Costume, 1st ed. p. 492. >> > Thanks all, >> > --cin >> > Cynthia Barnes >> > cinbar...@gmail.com >> > _______________________________________________ >> > h-costume mailing list >> > h-costume@mail.indra.com >> > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian >> katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com >> Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. >> Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
