One thing I noticed is you don't see the legs or shoes of the older girl.
Is that just a matter of the shadows or was it touched up somehow.
Chris Perri
In a message dated 1/15/2015 3:36:47 P.M. Central Standard Time,
mae...@gmail.com writes:
Well, it looks like we have 3 votes for po
Is there a printed exhibit catalog?
Fran
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On 1/15/2015 7:31 PM, Monica Spence wrote:
The Met has an awesome show called "Death Becomes Her" Mourning clothes from
1800-1915or so. One of Queen Victoria's gowns is on display, a
The Met has an awesome show called "Death Becomes Her" Mourning clothes from
1800-1915or so. One of Queen Victoria's gowns is on display, and two from
Alexandra, Edward's wife. You should not miss it. It is in the costume
institute, below the Egyptian Exhibit.
I believe the show runs until Febru
I like this one the best. Hope, can you get fabric from this source?
-Carol
On Jan 15, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Beteena Paradise
wrote:
> I always envisioned Pomona Green to be more like this color. But that is just
> from my own mind's forming and not really grounded in any kind of fact or
> anyt
Yeah, I'd vote for this one. It looks the most like the drawing.
Terry
On 2015-01-15 16:42, Beteena Paradise wrote:
> I always envisioned Pomona Green to be more like this color. But that is just
> from my own mind's forming and not really grounded in any kind of fact or
> anything. :)
I think it's difficult to find "Pomona green" because it probably was a
color made with arsenic. I saw a picture of a gown in a museum and it was
EXACTLY the shade of green I love! But it was dyed with arsenic. I would
have died of arsenic poisoning, I'm sure, as I adore that color.
Sharon C.
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I'd say of the three, the second is the best, and the most interesting,
although none has quite the right undertone. I actually had some synthetic
(sorry, a gift!) fabric awhile ago that came REALLY close to your
illustration--I used it in combination with a cream-rose-and-green print and a
lot
Pomona green continues into the third quarter of the 19th century, as I found
in my research of that period. I have no real reason for this opinion, but I
always thought of it as more of a yellow-green, like a green apple, so I have
to say, none of your swatches.
Ann Wass
-Origina
My understanding is that it's a yellowish green, making the color in the
middle link most accurate. At least on my monitor. Exclusive_silks is
the same business as pure_silks on eBay; you might want to look at their
listings too. For myself, I don't worry about not being able to find a
solid
I always envisioned Pomona Green to be more like this color. But that is just
from my own mind's forming and not really grounded in any kind of fact or
anything. :)
http://www.bangkokthaisilk.com/lime-green-100-authentic-silk-fabric/
Teena
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h-cost
Well, it looks like we have 3 votes for post-mortem and 2 for not. This is
so very interesting!! Thank you for this topic, Penny. :)
Someone said something like "Ask yourselves, if the question hadn't been
asked, would we be seeing so much evidence of death?"
No, we wouldn't but that has little t
The color name "pomona green" appears throughout early 19th century
fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns,
or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually
refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are
showing a range
Sorry looks like Yahoo ate the link. Here it is:
https://www.ritstudio.com/color-library/pantone-seasonal-colors/
Teena
From: Beteena Paradise
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:02 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Getting pantone colors with rit dye
On a less contentio
On a less contentious topic ;-) I thought this was really cool. The RIT dye
website gives the formula for recreating the pantone seasonal colors using
their dyes.
Pantone Seasonal Colors #RitDye
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| Pantone Seasonal Colors #RitDyePantone Seasonal Colors Change wi
Actually, I was not reading into it. I was not stating that the children were
being yelled at. I was simply giving several possible alternative reasons for
their facial expressions that did not include being upset that someone was
dead. My point being that you can't assume that the child in the
Are there no records of when the photo was taken? Since his date of death
is known, maybe that would help answer the question.
-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Penny Ladnier
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 5:24 AM
To:
Of course a lot is being read into it. That's why we have this list is it
not? After all, you just read a lot into yourself, the idea of the kids
being yelled at...you're right, we can't "know". But we can conjecture.
About history.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Beteena Paradise <
bete...@mostl
I think a lot is being read into the photo simply because the question of PM or
not was asked. I see this all the time on PM or not photos. Ask yourselves
honestly whether you would still be seeing so much evidence of death if Penny
had simply posted a picture saying look at this photo of my fam
That was my thing as well. The expression on those kids face is upset. By
this time in pictures this entire myth that no one smiled...we've lots of
pictures with people smiling. The oldest, poor thing, she's literally
holding the weight of their grief and you can see it in her face.
On Thu, Jan 15
I'm going to vote post mortem as well, and not just from the appearance of
the child in the photo, but also from the story passed down with it--it
makes sense to me that the reason your grandmother was so eager to get
photos of her next child was because the only one she was able to get of
this chi
I rather think this *is* a post mortem. Yes, I realize the kids are
standing, but if you've checked other PM pictures, posing them "naturally"
was a thing. And from the looks on those kid's faces...the other big one
was when a mother had died, you'll see these infant pictures with what
appears to b
It's a lovely photo. The children are really cute and I love the clothing.
I think I agree with Teena and it's not a post-mortem photo.
I think your aunt is leaning in because the photographer told her to lean
closer to get that lovely head grouping but her body didn't follow her head
before the p
Sorry--I didn't get any pics of the Cabildo, and photos of the exhibit weren't
allowed. Again, most of the photos these days are shared on Facebook. I only
got pics of one of the reenactment battles and my workshop, and I haven't
posted anywhere but Facebook. I guess I could put on FLICKR, but
I disagree. I don't think it is post-mortem. First of all, why would they do it
with him standing when the grouping would have been just as pleasant with him
sitting. That would be much more likely if he was post mortem. There is no
indication that he is not holding his own weight on his legs. T
Ann, do you have photos posted somewhere? I would love to see them. I remember
seeing the Cabildo and Jackson Square when I was young, would love to go visit
especially during a reenactment like this.
Thanks,
Debra
On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:00 PM, "h-costume-requ...@indra.com"
wrote:
AtMon, 01 Dec 2014 22:27:11 -0800, humbugfo...@att.net wrote:
Also, I've checked the Met and FITM for costume exhibits and there
doesn't seem to be anything particularly exciting on their
schedules. Can anyone suggest any other museums or exhibitions that
would have (historical) costumes o
I'm here, but mostly haven't had the time to dedicate to costuming,
or the money to go to renfaires, recently. I am NOT on Facebook
(don't agree with their ToS). I AM on Twitter, tweeting mostly for
the diabetes community, and I'm on Pinterest, though I'm not terribly
active there. I'm also on
Little Herbert is still very much alive in this image. The whole thing about
having the departed standing in an image being held up by a stand is myth.
Those head stands are to help you keep still and would never support full body
weight. The lack of "light" of irises is a trick of photography m
whatcha all working on presently?
Finished a new shirt and pantaloons for my husband to wear in New Orleans.
Scratched a couple of projects for me as time ran out. I figured most people
had never seen what I already had, anyway. Did finish my shawl overdress and
"nankeen" walking habit an
National Park Service will host/allow reenactors, including demonstrations of
firing weapons. What they don’t allow are actual battle reenactments.
Yes, as I added, too. Reenactments are on private property nearby, if they
happen. Gettysburg and Manassas, for example, as well as New Orl
I have been following the NPS
reenactments since June for the 150th Siege of the Petersburg. There were
reenactors at all the events. I have been to all of their events.
They have reenactors who do living history demonstrations, but not battles.
The big Gettysburg events, for example
This photo was produced from my grandma's original cabinet card. My mom had
a negative pulled from it in 1960. I have another original cabinet card of
this same photo that was given to me by my grand aunt. Mine has been broken
in half. I have repaired it and back together with museum archival t
Oh, I think it is indeed a post-mortem photo. The "light" is gone from his
eyes. There's also an odd pale spot on the top of his right ear, which may
be part of the wired head support. I would presume he's shoe-less because
of post-mortem swelling (blood pooling to the lowest point), making it so
h
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