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> From: alt...@alfalfapress.com > To: h-cost...@indra.com; h-cost...@indra.com > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:08:51 -0500 > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What colors were used Charles du Blois Purpoint? > > My notes are at home, but I seem to remember that the pourpoint was made of > silk damask fabric. The woven pattern consists of a heraldic design with lions > and eagles (?) in roundels. The color was either red with gold thread or gold > with gold thread. I can check later today. > > Althea > > > > On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 05:48:13 -0700, Saragrace Knauf wrote > > I wasn't very clear in my request. I have the sewing pattern. The > > pattern I was refereeing to was the fabric pattern, the colors in > > the photos are better than what I have. But usually on something > > this old, the colors now are not what they would have originally been. > > > > As to the buttons, if they were reversed, I might offer the idea > > that he might wear some sort of armor on top of it - the flat > > buttons being more comfortable than the round...but I have not a > > clue otherwise. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sg > > > > > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:37:56 -0400 > > > From: ail...@neo.rr.com > > > To: h-cost...@indra.com > > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What colors were used Charles du Blois Purpoint? > > > > > > The buttons down the front are mixed - the one at the very top is flat, > the next bunch are balls as are the ones on the sleeves. The ones from about > the waist to the bottom of the pourpoint are flat like the one at the top. I > can't imagine why they're like that. > > > > > > Kate > > > ---- otsisto <otsi...@socket.net> wrote: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/mkzpm9 > > > > > > > > http://gambesons.com/design > > > > Interesting, this shows that the buttons down the front are not the same > > > > shape as the ones on the sleeve. > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/mj4bws > > > > this has a pattern. > > > > > > > > De > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Now that I have some really great close ups of the fabric, does anyone > > > > now > > > > what color(s) it was supposed to be? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Sg > > > > > > > > From: wickedf...@msn.com > > > > To: h-cost...@indra.com > > > > Subject: Really close up of Charles du Blois Purpoint? > > > > Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:40:08 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was asked today to make one of these purpoints - given the recent > > > > discussion on reproduction prints, does anyone know of any "really up > > > > close" > > > > photos of the "print" on the fabric of this garment? It sure would be > > > > fun > > > > to recreate it that way! > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Sg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > *** > Directory of Diverse Knowledge > http://www.alfalfapress.com/sca > > Althea Turner > alt...@alfalfapress.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
