.....and don't forget the prayer book -- always fashionable with a handkerchief
________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] on behalf of R Lloyd Mitchell [rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu] Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:29 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Winter flowers for New England? We have quite forgotten the Handkercheif as an important accessory for the bride of this time period...and most appropriate for a bride in a home setting. they were often heirlooms and might feature exquisite lace from the previous century. One might also see fans prominent in French or English illustrations. This was also a period when ribbons were a favor.? I am recalling an article seen this past spring of ribbon nosegays that were worked with laces for a competition (now where, where, where!).Perhaps it was Piecework...The June issue of the last three years has featured heirloom treasures of lace; many forms have been forgotten... of -----Original Message----- From: "Elena House" <exst...@gmail.com> Sent 11/25/2011 11:24:28 PM To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Winter flowers for New England?On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Elena House <exst...@gmail.com> wrote: > ?I could swear I've run across several sets of > how-to-make-artificial-flowers instructions in Victorian ephemera of > the sort your characters might be likely to have run across, although > I'm not enough of a masochist to try to hunt them down now... =} ...And I just noticed the 1830 bit, so ignore the Victorian part, please! Still, it seems like a skill that wouldn't be too outlandish to find locally--maybe the sister-in-law has a milliner friend. -E House _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
