At 03:05 02/06/2008, you wrote: >You could take the track of being an 1830s person doing a fancy dress >costume, the lines of your gown could give the impression of a >restoration era "costume." You could add appropriate to the period >trims to your current gown to make it look restoraion-esque. > >Here's an 1890s example from the MFA in Boston: > >it is: >Woman's Evening Dress in 2 parts >French, about 1895 >Maker: House of Worth >Silk and machine-made cotton lace >A dress in two parts, of gold colored satin, designed in the style of >the mid-17th century >Museum of Fine Arts, Boston >Gift of Mrs. J. D. Cameron Bradley, 1950 >Accession number: 50.3142a > > >http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=65576&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=dress&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=silk&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=2&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=241 > >I have more detailed pictures of it form an exhibition but not sure I >can find them. > >Katy
Please allow me a moment's brag! I have a Worth bodice, in not brilliant condition, which is exactly the same as this, except for the sleeves, and the pattern on the fabric. The cut is identical, the fabric the same colour but with a large "lily" type pattern, but the sleeves were probably "balloon" ish in shape - the chiffon inner is rather shredded, but I have never been able to work out the sleeve properly. It was bought by a friend for the lace, which she still has, and which is identical. However she didn't want the bodice (!) and I was the lucky recipient!! Suzi _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
