The photograph of all those women... they definitely must be family, sisters or even sets of twins. They look so alike. And SKINNY. The bodices seem to all be quilted or very fitted for each lady. Do you think the white flower-petal collars are crochet? I love crochet collars.
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:13:51 +1000 > From: elizabeth.r.walp...@gmail.com > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1840s question > > Thanks for that, I have the blue & gold one but the others will come in handy. > Elizabeth > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Beteena Paradise > <bete...@mostlymedieval.com> wrote: > > I have three photos which show gowns from the 1840s like you are describing. > > There are two photos of extant gowns and one is a photograph of a bunch of > > women. The address to the folder is: > > http://s522.photobucket.com/albums/w344/my_stitching/For%20Elizabeth%20Walpole/ > > I could probably come up with a few more images if you need them. > > > > Teena > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Elizabeth Walpole <elizabeth.r.walp...@gmail.com> > > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > > Sent: Sun, June 26, 2011 4:21:01 AM > > Subject: [h-cost] 1840s question > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm trying to pin down some plans for some taffeta I bought a while > > ago. When I bought it I had a picture in my mind of what I thought of > > as a 'typical' 1840s dress with a very plain dart-fitted bodice > > (perhaps with a pointed waist) and tight sleeves. But now that I'm > > actually looking at images and extant garments that look like what I'm > > thinking of. > > What I've seen is either a shirred/fan front bodice with plain fitted > > sleeves or a darted bodice with rather more complicated sleeves (e.g. > > the puff below the elbow or some variation on a trumpet/funnel shaped > > sleeve) > > > > So essentially what I'm asking from the collected 19th century wisdom > > on this list, is my idea a rarity or non existent or perhaps it > > belongs to another era. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------ > > Elizabeth Walpole > > http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ > > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.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 > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Elizabeth Walpole > http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.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
