On Jul 30, 2008, at 2:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not aware of any real research into hosen and linings from
earlier than
the 16th century.
I'm not aware of any extant hosen (other than the buskins in
Canturbury
Cathedral, obviusly, but they're 12th century (offhand)).
All
The Dressing History Shop is now online at
http://www.dressing-history.co.uk/shop . It provides a range of accurate C18th
and C19th accessories, including bonnets, stockings, silk ribbon and hand made
mitts, as well as many other unique or hard to find products.
We will also have a stall at th
On Jul 30, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Image:Piero_della_Francesca_016.jpg. I would be thankful to Melanie
if she would look some exact pictures up sometime, because my
collection of manuscripts is very poor:-(
As I said before, they're not
> I don't tend to line the ones I make, because the
> lining would need to have
> the same stretch as the outer wool, and I've never
> found anything that works
> well without ripping out (naturally, I won't use modern
> stretch fabrics).
> The only area I line is the part at the waist where
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Robin Netherton
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The organizer would like to get a sense of how much
interest there is so she can choose a suitable venue.
I'll drive 400 miles for that!
(If gas is less than $10 a gallon by then, that is)
Margo
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You have to remember that "hose" is the word for all sorts of things from
trunk hose to "tights". Sometimes it just means "pants", like venetians or
slops. The sentence is question is "he said to her, Go fetch me the white
hose lined with white taffeta which I left In a certain chest when I went
aw
The account of the Martin Guerre trial mentions white hose lined with
white taffeta. The account was published in 1572 (translation here:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/hgarrett/documents/coras.htm).
Jen/pixel/Margaret
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not aware of any r
I'm not aware of any real research into hosen and linings from earlier than
the 16th century.
I'm not aware of any extant hosen (other than the buskins in Canturbury
Cathedral, obviusly, but they're 12th century (offhand)).
I don't tend to line the ones I make, because the lining would ne
