There are some in the family of Jane Austen--done by a niece, I think. One is pictured in the book, "Jane Austen's Town and Country Style," by Susan Watkins. This one has the dress area cut out and the fabric put behind it.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Katy Bishop <katybisho...@gmail.com> To: h-costume <h-costume@mail.indra.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 10:44 am Subject: [h-cost] dressed fashion plates I got an interesting inquiry from a lady wanting to know about dressed fashion plates (Godey's plates or the like from the 19th century "dressed" in real fabrics, following the lines of the dresses pictured). Does anyone here know how early this was done? The earliest I am familiar with is the mid 20th century as a ladies home craft. I had a kids craft book in the 1970s with a dressed print project in it. -- 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