http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/medieval/chausse1.html
Scroll down to the first of the last two pictures. These are not as loose as
the previous. Similar to a previously presented print.
http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/library/Semiramis.gif
De
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I don't know about the tudor-portraits.com site but this site:
http://www.marileecody.com/images.html is my favorite for pictures of a lot
of Tudor era people.
Jennifer
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You would prefer stockings and a garter belt?
Well, I don't recall that stockings and a light panty girdle were much worse
to wear and were easier to put on. But it's not a question of stockings vs.
pantihose - there are many ways to cloth the body without either one.
Janet
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Well, I don't recall that stockings and a light panty girdle were much worse
to wear and were easier to put on.
Oh my gosh--having to hook the stockings to the little tabs--ugh! And
managing the
Melanie,
Late Iron age.. basically contemporaneous with Late Roman Empire.
The best in English about these is in
Hald, Margrethe. Ancient Danish Textiles from
Bogs and Burials: A Comparative Study of Costume
and Iron Age Textiles. [Copenhagen]: National
Museum of Denmark, 1980. ISBN:
I found this site and thought some of you might enjoy it too.
http://www.oldandinteresting.com/default.aspx
Tons of neat stuff on early domestic chores, tools and methods,
especially laundry. Mostly 18th, 19th and early 20th century stuff, but
some earlier references here and there.
::Linda::
Is there a quick and easy way to know whether a wool fabric is a good candidate
for fulling? My experiments so far have had wildly different results (the one
which I bought marked 100% wool -a suiting- shrank almost not at all), the
other was a blanket from Value Village (which I did the burn
I got an email back from the site owner. He says it will be back up
within the month; there's apparently some issues with a museum and Yahoo.
kate
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From: SPaterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:40 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] What happened to
Hi everyone, thanks for the advice, I went shopping on Friday and ended up
finding a cheap felt tricorn hat from a 'dollar store' type shop so I
decided as the theme was pirates I would use it instead of investing time
experimenting with a cap, I did achieve big hair but let it down later in
