Hello Bjarne, Although this is not a period that I have worked with, I am a little familiar with it and I have enjoyed looking at your pictures of costumes and your exquisite embroidery. It does sound like you have made your decision about the waist coat - but my mind's eye came up with this...I don't know if fabric of this sort it is period, but what about a pale pearl gray with the same rosy undertones as the jacket silk? If such a thing can be found. Your embroidery plans for this suit sound lovely. Annette M
------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:14:53 +0200 From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" Subject: Re: [h-cost] habit francaise To: "Historical Costume" Dear Joannah and Suzi, Thanks for your inputs, i also found one in Ribeiro's Fashion in England and Fracem a spanish country park scene, a gentleman is wearing a red suit with green waistcoat. But i have ben interrested in court suit wearm and i think it is a must with off white waistcoat. Could have ben pretty with a medium grey with my dusty rose, but off white will also be nice. I intent to embroider myself a new court suit, and i draft embroidery patterns right now, so fun. I think i will combine it so that i make the cuffs off white also. The match depends on the colours i use for the embroidery. I was so fortunate to find a Armani ribbed silk in dusty red lilacs. As it was the last lot, 6,30 meter, i got it for 230,00 kr, a meter. They told me the original price is 1000,00 kr a meter. Perhaps i make a wreath of rosebuds in dusty rose on the waistcoat and an old rose wreath of rosebuds on the jacket. More red than the fabric, Please dont make any fuss about the portrait you found, it is the whole, that lighter waistcoats was used that matters to me. Thanks for your replyes!!!:-) Bjarne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzi Clarke" To: "Historical Costume" Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] habit francaise > At 18:46 15/10/2005, you wrote: >>This, of course, sent me off looking through lots of portraits on the web, >>where I have seen plenty of *matching* waistcoats, but unfortunately no >>dark waistcoats with lighter coats. ( Do you know how many portraits were >>painted at just the right angle to not let you see what is on under their >>coats and jabots? Nearly every blasted one!!!! ) >> >>However, I did find this portrait - >>http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=ss&sText=bach&LinkID=mp05038&rNo=0&role=sit >>which seems to have a waiscoat of a contrasting colour. > > > I may be able to go and have a quick look at this on Tuesday, Bjarne, if > you can wait that long. I have a suspicion that what shows is the lining > of the coat, but if they have the portrait on display I will be able to > get a better idea. > > Suzi> --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
