Kudos to Sandy & Pierre for the great recommendation to go to the Mummers
Museum in Philadelphia. We did the photo shoot Saturday morning. Joe & I
took 700 photos in 2 hrs. We photographed all the costumes on exhibit. Each
costume may have up to 10-15 photos to show all the details from front,
ba
18thC stockings have been discussed in detail on a few different lists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricKnit/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cWoman/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FandIWomen/
What you saw are probably frame knit as opposed to hand knit. Here is
a link to a pair, and I'm
Yes, Carol,
Many thanks for the detail in your reply. I did assume they were frame
knit. Funny thing is I'm a member of 2 of the 3 lists, but don't get
regular emails because they overwhelmed my inbox :)
If the proposed (and not yet by me!) stockings were constructed, I
would try using Fr
I am reminded of an advertising pamphlet that I ran across at the LOC
American Memory website:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/ephemera/A01/A0173/A0173-01-72dpi.html
from the late 19thC and which describes the evolution of the cut of
the sock, particularly the heel.
I'm not saying it's a great
I've never had any problems with that - almost all my dresses have four
gores, I find it helps them to hang better, if you only use side gores
it can look a bit flat and triangular - but admittedly I've never tried
three.
Jean
On 29/01/2011 07:30, Wicked Frau wrote:
Just a note, Dame Angele
There is an exhibit on historical wedding dresses at the Textiles and
Clothing Museum on campus at Iowa State University. It is a small exhibit,
but very nicely done. The stories of the dress in context are included with
a description of the dress details.
They also have a group page on Faceb
Well, racism aside (to the extent that it can be set aside by a
modern reader), that's quite an engaging pamphlet. I love the house-
that-Jack-built poem.
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Elena House wrote:
I am reminded of an advertisi
Elena,
Great resource, nevertheless. Thanks for posting it! I've now wasted a
ton of time perusing manufacturer booklets :) Some of those will be
very helpful for my other dirty little habit, historic printing.
== Marjorie Wilser
=:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
"Learn to laugh at yourse
I've been putting CF and CB gores in my gowns for years as well, and I
have never had problems with them catching between my legs. Indeed, if the
gown doesn't have a CF gore, that's when it causes problems. Remember
that medieval shoes were different from modern shoes, so medieval people
walk
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Wicked Frau wrote:
> Just a note, Dame Angele taught me that putting a gore in the front can
> cause problems. It can catch between your legs when walking. In the end
> all you need is fullness, so perhaps consider cutting only three gores and
> putting them on
I don't know if it's related at all — when Robin Netherton
demonstrated making a gothic fitted gown, she might or might not use
front and back gores depending on the figure of the wearer. If I
recall correctly, wide hips worked well with the flare at the sides,
and for a straight figure,
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