If you are interested in history, read on! Those of us who are members of lace and/or embroidery guilds have been following the progress of bringing this reproduction 17th C. jacket (inspired by the Layton waistcoat and portrait of same at the Victorian & Albert Museum) to the attention of the public. We have seen the pictures in our publications and on the blog that was set up during the making of the waistcoat. For those who do not receive guild magazines, I just found a 4-page article in the April issue of "Early American Life" magazine at my local chain bookstore. Two photos show the jacket on a model; one of which is photographed by candlelight. As you may know, you can find a chair and read magazines from the racks in large bookstores in America and in public libraries. The article is on page 68. One of my memberships is the Costume Society of America (a scholarly group), which has also been following the progress of this complicated-to-complete project. We spent a day in Plimoth (Colonial spelling) Plantation, Plymouth Massachusetts, last Fall, before the assembly of all the pieces, to learn from the costumer's point of view. Devon was a featured speaker at this event. The jacket is now on view at Winterthur Museum's Textile and Museum Gallery, (in the State of Delaware) and will be featured in a textile seminar there later this year. I have attended two of these seminars in the past, and recommend them to those interested in the history of what we do with threads and what was done with threads in the past. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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