Has anyone been to the Stibbert Museum recently (I was there in the 1980s and there was case after case of hanging racks of costumes--I wanted to open all of the class doors, I hubg back from our tour as much as possible!. They have a large collection of costumes and I wonder if they've gotten better at exhibiting them. Our cab driver had a hard time even finding the museum. The museum is kind of an Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum--the collection of a rich young art lover...
http://museostibbert.it/en/page/collections katy On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:54 PM, <cheryl...@aol.com> wrote: > > I visited the costume exhibit at the Pitti Palace in early June. It was > interesting, but underwhelming. Perhaps I was jaded having recently > visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fashion Museum in > Bath. The method of presentation was interesting at the Pitti Palace, > juxtaposing fashion styles throughout history in the same display case to > show influences. For example, a 20th Century example of an Empire waist > from the 60's might be displayed with a garment from around 1913 as well as > one from the Napoleonic Era. Even so, the collection is smallish. > > Cheryl Odom > Santa Fe, New Mexico > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlene C <charlene...@gmail.com> > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:01 am > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Museum reference > > > Pitti Palace has a costume section, but doesn't appear to have any special > exhibits at the moment (or at least none that are on their website): > > http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/costume_gallery.html > > http://www.sbas.fi.it/english/musei/palazzopitti/ > > --Charlene > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger < > costu...@radiks.net> wrote: > > > I have this vague recent memory of reading about a historical clothing > > exhibit at a museum in Florence, Italy that recently opened or will open > > soon. IIRC, it was roughly Renaissance era clothing. I think it might > > have been mentioned in Threads, but I can't locate my most current issue > to > > check. > > > > Our nephew is going to be studying in Florence for about 6 weeks, and I > > wanted to pass along a request to go and take pics (if allowed) or buy > the > > exhibit book (if there is one). > > > > Does anyone have any ideas of what I'm trying to remember? I need this > > info in the next couple of days, unfortunately. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Sandy > > > > International Costumers' Guild Archivist > > > > http://www.costume.org/**gallery2/main.php< > http://www.costume.org/gallery2/main.php> > > > > "Those Who Fail to Learn History > > Are Doomed to Repeat It; > > Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly - > > Why They Are Simply Doomed." > > > > Achemdro'hm > > "The Illusion of Historical Fact" > > -- C. Y. 4971 > > > > Andromeda > > ______________________________**_________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costume< > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
