[h-cost] Boys Costume in a Daguerreotype Photo

Someone please explain this little boy's costume to me, http://daguerreian.org/fm3/detail.php?Databasenumber=861 . You can click on the image to see details in Zoomify. I do not understand the bodice with the trousers. They do not seem to go together. Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery

Re: [h-cost] Fabric of Society - copy on eBay

At 01:16 PM 6/27/2010, you wrote: I am selling a copy of The Fabric of Society on eBay in case anyone here is looking for one. The listing is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110552408867&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT My user name is cachet-cachette in case the URL does not

[h-cost] Fabric of Society - copy on eBay

I am selling a copy of The Fabric of Society on eBay in case anyone here is looking for one. The listing is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110552408867&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT My user name is cachet-cachette in case the URL does not come through anyone's mail server.

[h-cost] Victorian needlework tecchnology?

I was asked recently whether embroidery in the mid 19th Century would have been more likely to have been done in a hoop or a frame. Clueless, I turn to you. When was the embroidery hoop invented? Emma ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com