Re: [h-cost] 18th c. man's waistcoat on ebay

2011-01-28 Thread Kate Bunting
It's lovely, but someone has some crossed wires somewhere. It's the garment itself that dates from the time of Pitt the Younger, not the period when the last wearer is said to have been Speaker! Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor ___

Re: [h-cost] 18th c. man's waistcoat on ebay

2011-01-27 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
Good to know. --RA On Jan 27, 2011, at 4:26 PM, Kimiko Small wrote: I know the person who posted this link to the comm originally did send him a link to this on his lj. Otherwise, I would have. Kimiko On Jan 27, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Ruth Anne Baumgartner wrote: I hope Bjarne is getting a lo

Re: [h-cost] 18th c. man's waistcoat on ebay

2011-01-27 Thread Kimiko Small
I know the person who posted this link to the comm originally did send him a link to this on his lj. Otherwise, I would have. Kimiko On Jan 27, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Ruth Anne Baumgartner wrote: > I hope Bjarne is getting a look at this! ___ h-costume

Re: [h-cost] 18th c. man's waistcoat on ebay

2011-01-27 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
Wow, Kimiko, thanks for posting. John Boehner's mauve tie doesn't quite come up to this standard! I hope Bjarne is getting a look at this! --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:07 AM, Kimiko Small wrote: Hello all, This just came over a community

[h-cost] 18th c. man's waistcoat on ebay

2011-01-26 Thread Kimiko Small
Hello all, This just came over a community I am on, and I thought folks here might be interested in the eye candy. The embroidery is what caught my eye. Not my period, so no idea if this is good or what. Just pretty. http://cgi.ebay.com/Georgian-18thC-finely-embroidered-waistcoat-Provenance-/36