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 of cream lace for a stage costume for She Stoops to Conquer, and it was fabulous. So I sympathize with your quest. --RA Baumgartner
On Jan 15, 2015, at 4:19 PM, Hope Greenberg wrote: > > 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 of greens > (understandable in that they are usually handpainted). Second problem: trying > to find a green that matches any of the greens in that range is rather > difficult in our current decade of very blue greens or very yellow/olive > greens. Even the pantone color chart shows us that this range of greens > doesn't seem to be in vogue. > > So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you > place in the "closest to pomona green" category. I know, "none of them" or > "you can't tell from an online picture" are both logical responses as is > "just buy some and then decide"! But I'm hoping some of you will take a stab > at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect pomona > green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) oh my! I > would love to know about it. :-) > > http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4014 > http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2741 > http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2163 > > and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration: > http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/ > > > - Hope > > P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the > discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running). > > _______________________________________________ > 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
