I don't know about the rest of you but I find that since 1995 there is a great deal more information readily available AND that I am constantly learning more and more about the history of garments, the acquisition of information is not static.
Either scenario is possible here - the 1995 cataloguer (Rexford) may not have known much OR she did know plenty but chose to use a word that we do not generally (in the historic costume community) use to describe that style garment. My personal interpretation (without having seen any of these garments) is that most of them sound like what I call a "Chemise" or "Camisa" or in simple English "Shift" with the exception of the ones designed for protecting clothing while combing the hair which I would call a "combing jacket" or "combing sacque". However we interpret it we are reminded of the constantly changing nature of the English language, especially in scholarly settings. Agnes * From: "WorkroomButtons.com" <westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com> * To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> * Subject: Re: [h-cost] Need information on "sacque" garments (NOT the * dress) * Message-ID: * <1316083379.80212.yahoomailclas...@web130224.mail.mud.yahoo.com> * Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 * * I looked her up (her name is on the transcript).? She appears to be very knowledgeable, but of course that's no guarantee of accuracy.? Also, she was faced literally with dozens of bulging plastic garbage bags and may have missed clues dues to the sheer enormity of her task. * * We (two elderly ladies and me) have found things she missed, like factory marks and laundry stencils, that in my untrained opinion render her approximate date of those garments invalid.? But, again... considering the conditions under which she was working... it's not surprising that she may have missed the mark occasionally. * * Am I allowed to use her name here? * * Here's a book she wrote (on Amazon): * * www.amazon.com/Womens-Shoes-America-1795-1930-Rexford/dp/0873386566 * * ...and here is a brief professional synopsis: * * www.partnersforabetterworld.org/directors.html (scroll to bottom) * * * --- On Thu, 9/15/11, Sheridan Alder <sheridanal...@yahoo.ca> wrote: * Excuse me if someone else has already thrown out this suggestion, but my impression is simple - the 1995 cataloguer just plain wasn't knowledgeable about historical clothing! * * _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
