RE: [h-cost] RE: question re: floss silks for embroidery

[Wanda Pease]

> Have it. Staniland's great. Think my local library carries Schuette.
>
> Arlys
> __

Arlys,

By Schuette do you mean the little "Pictorial History of Embroidery" or 
the
whacking great tombstone size two volume edition?  Remember that I have the
little one, and Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR (our little town) has
the big one.  We have GOT to arrange to spend a day or so photographing the
big one with my digital camera.  If that works it's DVD time!


Wanda
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Re: [h-cost] Christmas gift exchange

[Cin]

As the recipient of this beads & pearls fringe, I have to say I am
truly impressed what you can get at this shop.  It's pretty nifty
stuff.  I think I know what I will put in on (think 1890s), but I cant
focus on it yet...  too many short-term due date fashion projects
require my attention.
Thanks very much, Ms Baumgartner!
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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[Bolt ends trim shop in Bridgeport Conn]

>  And what I bought two yards
> of and STAYED IN MY H-COST SANTA LIMIT is I think remarkable.
>
> --Ruth Anne

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[h-cost] Re: Corsets and holiday gifts

[Lavolta Press]

I just ordered the book (with the same title) associated with the exhibit.

Are we having the post-holiday gift exchange?

Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com


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I went to the "At Home in Renaissance Italy" exhibition today,



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[h-cost] corsets, corsets, corsets!

[00217146]

I went to the "At Home in Renaissance Italy" exhibition today, and saw one of
the iron corsets I was so recently researching for a paper.  (I also saw the
Effigy corset at Westminster and the iron corset in the Wallace Collection on
Wednesday. exciting week!)  Alas, none of the venues allowed photography.

I took a page of notes, and notes on bits of the rest of the exhibit as well,
which I'll post on later. This is just to get the ball rolling.

The corset was the one pictured in the Moda a Firenze book, and I'm unable to
find an illustration online.  I *thought* this was it:
http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/fall99/bendlin/page2.html
(the one on the left, the one on the right is in the Wallace collection)
but I'm now convinced that it isn't.  It took counting holes, but I'm fairly
certain this is a different corset.

First of all, it's smaller than I expected.  Part of that is an optical
illusion: the front of the corset is cut very low, which is consistent with 16th
Century Florentine necklines.  The front length is only around 10 or 11 inches;
I did bring a tape measure, but of course it's behind glass, so it's still an
estimate.  I would guess the waist to be around 25 inches, but it's really hard
to say.  

The front has only one latch, at the bottom near the point, but there are holes
at waist level and at the neckline that imply latches were originally there as
well.  

The sides are hinged, but with about a 5/8" gap between the front and the back,
two hinges per side.  Both hinges are riveted in place.

The holes look like they were punched: there's a slight raised edge (visible in
the photograph in the book) that I've noticed when doing metal work. The
decorative holes are square, round, and half-round. There are no partial holes.
Aside from the decorative round holes, there are three sizes of hole: stitching
holes, which run entirely around the outside and are very small. 1/16th of an
inch? Rivet holes, which are visible where the missing latches are, and are
larger than the stitching holes but still small. 1/8th inch? And lacing holes,
which occur at the tops of the straps (two each) and down the back.  It laced
down the back. The holes are staggered, for spiral lacing. The top two holes are
even with eachother, but they're staggered after that.  eh, I forgot to note
distance between holes.

Here's the really exciting bit. I believe it was worn, and wasn't just a shop
sign.  It's been altered.  The back panels were cut about where side-back seams
would be, the edges overlapped and riveted together.  I was unable to determine
how much overlap there was (how much the corset had been taken in).

The metal was quite thin, 20 gauge? Hard to judge.  There were places that had
been repaired, probably because the metal was thin enough to flex with wear, and
grew brittle.

The center front seems to be bowed out very slightly.

There are some very odd bits: A hook, riveted to the back, seemingly to latch
the corset. Why is this needed if the corset was laced?  There are metal tabs on
the straps, about a quarter inch wide (maybe as much as 3/8") and around an inch
and a half long.  They stick out and down. I can't imagine what they're for. 
The center back is pointed, and has been bent up into a duck tail.  This might
have been unintentional, having been worn, or just incidental damage over time.
 It was *really* hard to see, the display wasn't set up for that.  There were
long U-shaped hooks riveted to the back points, opening downwards.  I have no
idea what these were for, or what they signify.  

Emma
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Re: [h-cost] test

[Joan Jurancich]

At 10:46 AM 12/29/2006, you wrote:

I posted yesterday, but i never noticed my mail comming in?
Today i got nothing at all.

Bjarne


Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk

http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/


It's been very quiet.  I've only received two H-costume emails so far today.


Joan Jurancich
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[h-cost] test

[Bjarne og Leif Drews]

I posted yesterday, but i never noticed my mail comming in?
Today i got nothing at all.

Bjarne





Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk

http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/

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[h-cost] Re: Questions re: Moda a Firenze

[Catherine Kinsey]

> I was under the impression that Shramansky was sold out permanently;
> if this is not the case I may go ahead and put in a request with them
> as well.
>

*somebody* (you know, *them*) said that both Michael Shramansky and  
David Brown/Oxbow were talking to the museum about a second printing.

susan
-
Susan Farmer
>>
Shramansky definately gave me the impression that he was expecting to be
able to get some more but the holidays were slowing things down.  I have
not heard from him for a couple of weeks however, hope to hear something
next week on it.


Catherine

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[h-cost] Fabric web site

[Suzi Clarke]

www.bigdaddygypsy.com

I have just been sent an e-mail with this fabric site. I know nothing 
about the site, but as it is a problem buying fabric from the U.S. 
for me (customs duty, lack of fabric to feel in large quantities 
etc.) I am passing it on for what it's worth. Does anyone know 
anything about them?


Suzi 
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