Hi, Working on the last of the four 19th-century fashion plates I'm recreating as doll outfits! I would like to check in with those more familiar with 19th-century millinery about the hat. It's an 1889 "flat leghorn", according to Godey's text; I'm trying to confirm that it has a low flat crown rather than an open one or a completely flat one. (figure on the right): http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004176882;view=1up;seq=109 Any thoughts? Thank you! (The third outfit was a nightmare; I remade it four times. Eventually I got the chiffon pleated in a satisfactory manner using a pleating board and plenty of starch, but no heat. There will be photos of all once the full project is done and the gift given to its intended recipient.)
Thanks again for all your aid. This has been so much fun! Even the pleat nightmare. Lauren Lauren M. Walker lauren.wal...@comcast.net _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
