[h-cost] London public library
Hi, I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read about at amazon or on this list. I don't really expect to buy a lot of things, maybe some books that are hard to get or some second hand costume books (any good shops?). I just want to see the books to make myself a list what to buy later, as I am a poor student:-DD Is there any large public library or a library where most of the costume books are to be found? Thanks for any tips, Zuzana ___ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] London public library
At 09:16 14/06/2008, you wrote: Hi, I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read about at amazon or on this list. I don't really expect to buy a lot of things, maybe some books that are hard to get or some second hand costume books (any good shops?). I just want to see the books to make myself a list what to buy later, as I am a poor student:-DD Is there any large public library or a library where most of the costume books are to be found? Thanks for any tips, Zuzana Although I live in London I have absolutely no idea where to find second hand books, except on line. The only book shop that sells costume books for certain is R.D. Franks, (http://www.rdfranks.co.uk/) and they are a specialist fashion trade book shop, so there is a lot of modern tailoring/fashion student orientated content. (I was disappointed when I went last.) As for public libraries, again, I have absolutely no idea - each area of London has several local libraries, and you may or may not be lucky. Sorry not to be more helpful. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] London public library
What about Waterstones? I got a lot there last time i were in London. As i recall it its in a street next to Oxford Street? I got both costume related and embroidery related books there, and i thoaght they had a nice collection. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] London public library At 09:16 14/06/2008, you wrote: Hi, I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read about at amazon or on this list. I don't really expect to buy a lot of things, maybe some books that are hard to get or some second hand costume books (any good shops?). I just want to see the books to make myself a list what to buy later, as I am a poor student:-DD Is there any large public library or a library where most of the costume books are to be found? Thanks for any tips, Zuzana Although I live in London I have absolutely no idea where to find second hand books, except on line. The only book shop that sells costume books for certain is R.D. Franks, (http://www.rdfranks.co.uk/) and they are a specialist fashion trade book shop, so there is a lot of modern tailoring/fashion student orientated content. (I was disappointed when I went last.) As for public libraries, again, I have absolutely no idea - each area of London has several local libraries, and you may or may not be lucky. Sorry not to be more helpful. Suzi ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] London public library
At 12:26 14/06/2008, you wrote: What about Waterstones? I got a lot there last time i were in London. As i recall it its in a street next to Oxford Street? I got both costume related and embroidery related books there, and i thoaght they had a nice collection. That always depends on the stocking policy of the manager - sometimes you get lucky - I haven't!! Suzi Bjarne - Original Message - From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] London public library At 09:16 14/06/2008, you wrote: Hi, I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read about at amazon or on this list. I don't really expect to buy a lot of things, maybe some books that are hard to get or some second hand costume books (any good shops?). I just want to see the books to make myself a list what to buy later, as I am a poor student:-DD Is there any large public library or a library where most of the costume books are to be found? Thanks for any tips, Zuzana Although I live in London I have absolutely no idea where to find second hand books, except on line. The only book shop that sells costume books for certain is R.D. Franks, (http://www.rdfranks.co.uk/) and they are a specialist fashion trade book shop, so there is a lot of modern tailoring/fashion student orientated content. (I was disappointed when I went last.) As for public libraries, again, I have absolutely no idea - each area of London has several local libraries, and you may or may not be lucky. Sorry not to be more helpful. Suzi ___ 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 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] London public library
Well, last time I was in London I had just one day - Saturday, and the R.D.Franks bookshop was not open and then I was probably late to get to the largest London bookshop on Piccadilly:-( All other bookshops I visited (Charing Cross rd etc.) had only a small collection of costume books. The best place to buy such books was the VA museum shop. But I thought there must be another place with many costume books? There should be at least one larger library, or art-oriented library... We have one central library in Prague where you can find almost any Czech book, so I thought there will be one in London, too? Zuzana ___ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] London public library
At 13:11 14/06/2008, you wrote: Well, last time I was in London I had just one day - Saturday, and the R.D.Franks bookshop was not open and then I was probably late to get to the largest London bookshop on Piccadilly:-( All other bookshops I visited (Charing Cross rd etc.) had only a small collection of costume books. The best place to buy such books was the VA museum shop. But I thought there must be another place with many costume books? There should be at least one larger library, or art-oriented library... We have one central library in Prague where you can find almost any Czech book, so I thought there will be one in London, too? Zuzana Not that I know of, and I have lived in London since 1971. And I'm told that my personal library is better than most of the colleges' libraries - and they teach costume! Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] London public library
Ha! I found the VA museum has a library or what - The national Art library? I'm searching the catalogue and it seems they have most books I'd like to look at. They say it's situated in the VA museum...I hope they would let me in:-) Zuzana ___ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] London public library
If you have the time, you could take the train down to Bath. The museum of Costume, Bath has a large museum shop, packed with all kinds of costume related books. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Zuzana Kraemerova [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: h-costume h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:16 AM Subject: [h-cost] London public library Hi, I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read about at amazon or on this list. I don't really expect to buy a lot of things, maybe some books that are hard to get or some second hand costume books (any good shops?). I just want to see the books to make myself a list what to buy later, as I am a poor student:-DD Is there any large public library or a library where most of the costume books are to be found? Thanks for any tips, Zuzana ___ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] London public library
At 14:51 14/06/2008, you wrote: Ha! I found the VA museum has a library or what - The national Art library? I'm searching the catalogue and it seems they have most books I'd like to look at. They say it's situated in the VA museum...I hope they would let me in:-) Zuzana It used to be such a pain getting a reader's ticket that I forgot about it. Haven't used it for 25 years, so I hope it has changed for the better. You used to have to wait such ages to get the books you wanted too, I never thought of checking out books I wanted to buy. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] London public library
Hi - Jean here, I've changed my email address again! The British Library, in their new building at St Pancras, is the National Deposit Library, which gets a copy of every book published in Britain. But you can't really just turn up and look at stuff, you have to prove you have a serious reason for research and apply for a reader pass... a lot of hassle! http://www.bl.uk/services/reading/reading.html Jean Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: Well, last time I was in London I had just one day - Saturday, and the R.D.Franks bookshop was not open and then I was probably late to get to the largest London bookshop on Piccadilly:-( All other bookshops I visited (Charing Cross rd etc.) had only a small collection of costume books. The best place to buy such books was the VA museum shop. But I thought there must be another place with many costume books? There should be at least one larger library, or art-oriented library... We have one central library in Prague where you can find almost any Czech book, so I thought there will be one in London, too? Zuzana ___ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] Farthingale thoughts
It could have been that the hoop stiffener was not rigid, like whalebone, but rope or cord, which is what early hoops were made of. They would fold like that when sitting. Somewhere on a site I just recently saw (which I do not remember) is a picture of a woman wearing rope hoops that fold just like the one shown in the painting. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann Catelli Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:36 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Farthingale thoughts I was interpreting her as wearing trousers, actually, though the size of the webbed picture makes any firm conclusions on her outfit premature. Ann in CT --- On Thu, 6/12/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.oronoz.com/leefoto.php?referencia=15099 ** Did y'all notice the servant in the left corner with the horizontal lines on her skirt, but no hoops? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1501 - Release Date: 6/13/2008 6:33 AM ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] h-costume Digest, Vol 7, Issue 235
Actually, I am searching for info on veils and wimples for any country in Europe, in the period. I think the Irish just kept wearing the same thing on their heads with appropriately silly additions, after everyone else moved on to hats. It's the basics of veils and wimples I need, if anyone can point me at resources. Thanks, Regina in L.A. Message: 6 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:45:02 -0500 From: Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Beyond the Veil? To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Regina Voorhes wrote: I am fishing for some info, and thought, ah-ha! H-Cos can help! My friend MaggiRos specifically suggested Robin Netherton, but I know there are some other experts out there. ... I certainly hope so, because I'm afraid I know absolutely nothing about Irish veils and wimples in the 15th and 16th centuries! Surely there's someone else on the list who does, though. You might also contact Kass McGann at Reconstructing History, as she does Early Modern Irish. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] London public library
You can search some British libraries online before you go to see what they have in there collections. Here are a couple of links: British library (some branches in London) http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=filefile_name=login-bl-list VA National Art Library http://catalogue.nal.vam.ac.uk/ Museum of London http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/OnlineResources/ and http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/1700Today/Dress-fashion.htm I'm not sure if these can be searched, but they do have a large online bookstore. Costume Museum at Bath www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/ or http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/ Neither of these are working just now for me to get the search link, but I *think* you can search the collection, and I'm sure they have an online bookstore. Happy sewing, Deb Salisbury The Mantua-Maker Designer and creator of quality historical sewing patterns Renaissance to Victorian www.mantua-maker.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What to do.
I have 1yd x 44 white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I make of it other than a partlet? I have 2yds x 44 cream silk netting. A portion of it will be for a partlet to go with a cream pre- 1600s gown. What would you make with 2 yds of silk netting? De ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What to do.
On Saturday 14 June 2008 10:52:57 pm otsisto wrote: I have 1yd x 44 white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I make of it other than a partlet? A fairly short veil. Or, perhaps, a coif of some kind. -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.--Edmund Burke ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What to do.
I would use the silk gauze as a covering layer for embroidered sleeves. I don't know if that would be enough, tho'. Not sure about the netting at all... Kimiko --- On Sat, 6/14/08, otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have 1yd x 44 white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I make of it other than a partlet? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
