Greetings,
I think I have that fashion plate, or at least others wearing that same colour.
It was a popular colour and I love it too. They sure liked green during that
time. 😉 If you asked me to go by the colour name, I would have said it was
the colour of Granny Smith apples.
However, I don't think that any of those you provided links for would be right.
Did you notice that it is a "shot" fabric being depicted? I think that you
would be better off looking for a shot silk combining colours like the first
and second ones.
I think that this one is slightly better than the non-shot version:
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&path=2&product_id=2478
However, I think that this might do the trick:
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&path=2&product_id=4642
It has both the yellowish highlights and the blue undertones of the fashion
plate.
Mind you, this one could work as well:
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&path=2&product_id=1617
Surprisingly, if the woman in the photo is wearing the fabric in the photos, it
is another possibility.
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&path=2&product_id=1290
Compare them side-by-side with the fashion plate and I think that you will see
that they are pretty good matches. Just my opinion, of course, but it appears
to me that the colouring of the plate follows the usual stylistic conventions
for depicting shot fabrics, that have been used in European art since the 15th
century.
Cheers
Danielle
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:19:22 -0500
> From: h...@uvm.edu
> To: h-cost...@indra.com
> Subject: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!
>
>
> The color name "pomona green" appears throughout early 19th century
> fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns,
> or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually
> refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are
> showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually
> handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any of
> the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade of
> very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone color
> chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in vogue.
>
> So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you
> place in the "closest to pomona green" category. I know, "none of them"
> or "you can't tell from an online picture" are both logical responses as
> is "just buy some and then decide"! But I'm hoping some of you will take
> a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect
> pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices)
> oh my! I would love to know about it. :-)
>
> http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4014
> http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2741
> http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2163
>
> and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
> http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/
>
>
> - Hope
>
> P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the
> discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).
>
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