Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

2009-09-13 Thread Sharon Nevin
There is a detail of the back (unfortunately not the full back) in Embroidery in Britain 1200-1750 Part II: Post-Reformation by Santina Levey pg 145 Hali Annual 1 It is a 38 x 28 cm section of the back reduced to 15 x 14.5 cm. Unfortunately there is nothing to determine exactly where on

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

2009-09-13 Thread Sharon Nevin
I just thought to check the back of the annual after hitting send. The article of Embroidery in Britain is extracted from the longer text that appeared in Donald King and Santina Levey, The Victoria Albert Museum's Textile collection: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750, London 1993

Re: [h-cost] Roman question

2009-09-13 Thread Laurie Taylor
Thank you to Catherine and Heather... For both having pointed out Heather's Archeological Sewing page. That is so cool, since I'm teaching a costume construction class right now and still making decisions as to what samples to require. As for the paenula, I think I'll just run with the idea

Re: [h-cost] Roman question

2009-09-13 Thread Joan Jurancich
At 06:23 PM 9/11/2009, you wrote: Hi, Finally making progress in my quest to build pieces to use in my history class. The ancients are certainly some of the simplest to build, but of course I have an insatiable need to complicate my life and my projects! So, if you were building a Roman

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

2009-09-13 Thread Susan Farmer
Quoting Sharon Nevin sharon.ne...@gmail.com: I just thought to check the back of the annual after hitting send. The article of Embroidery in Britain is extracted from the longer text that appeared in Donald King and Santina Levey, The Victoria Albert Museum's Textile collection:

[h-cost] Williamsburg position

2009-09-13 Thread Carmen Beaudry
A while back, and I don't remember whether it was last year or before, someone posted a link to a job application for the position of Head of Costuming at Williamsburg. I need to find out when that was, and I can't find it by searching the archives. Can anyone help me out? Thanks, Melusine

[h-cost] satire paper on baggy pants

2009-09-13 Thread Susan Farmer
Somebody out there wrote a wonderful satire on Mall Crawler Baggies -- it was written as it it were a paper presented at Kalamazoo 2450 or something like that. Anyway, I can't find it any more! Does anybody happen to know what that URL is? Thanks, Susan/ jerusha - Susan Farmer

Re: [h-cost] satire paper on baggy pants

2009-09-13 Thread Robin Netherton
Susan Farmer wrote: Somebody out there wrote a wonderful satire on Mall Crawler Baggies -- it was written as it it were a paper presented at Kalamazoo 2450 or something like that. Anyway, I can't find it any more! Does anybody happen to know what that URL is?

Re: [h-cost] satire paper on baggy pants

2009-09-13 Thread Susan Farmer
Quoting Robin Netherton ro...@netherton.net: Susan Farmer wrote: Somebody out there wrote a wonderful satire on Mall Crawler Baggies -- it was written as it it were a paper presented at Kalamazoo 2450 or something like that. Anyway, I can't find it any more! Does anybody happen to know