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1. Identifying sprang sashes
(Working with clothes)
... this with a replica sash that I made using very fine silk. My replica sash stood up to the task. Sprang is an interesting textile technique. Widely known in Europe until the early 19th century ...
2. The Artist Imagination
(Telling stories with clothes)
... 1960 and 2002. The Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection at Kensington Palace contains many dresses worn by the princess, including two worn in the 1950’s. A glamorous evening dress of cream silk satin ...
3. Identification of Fabrics
(Working with clothes)
... is very supple as two weave points never touch one another, the material is silk or synthetic fibre. Sateen uses the same weave, the material used is cotton. Charmeuse is a very light satin, once only ...
4. Identification of Fibers
(Working with clothes)
...  The charcteristic of wool is its flaky structure Cotton The cotton fibre looks more like a band with thick edges   Flax Hemp Jute Ramie Silk (Mulberry, Tussah, ...
5. St Gallen – the story of lace
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... took silk as ground material for the embroidery and used cotton thread to embroider. With caustic soda he burned out the silk and the cotton embroidery remained. Wetter put the first chemical lace on the ...
6. Lace for an Empress
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... yellow Lyon silk and decorated with myosotis satin ribbons. As a great peculiarity Worth designed this dress to be worn without a crinoline. Whether any of the three lace dresses mentioned in the literature ...
7. Russian Underwear
(Telling stories with clothes)
... or memory space as well, not only for taste and smell but also of material sensation: scratchy underwear, tight corsets, chafing elastic bands, sliding straps, cool silk, warm wool. The body remembers ...
8. Miser’s Purses
(Telling stories with clothes)
... and significance Further resources This silk crochet miser’s purse was worked in ombré roll stitches, a technique popular for miser’s purses in the 1870s. Miser’s purse, American, late 1870s ...
9. Reconstructions
(Displaying clothes)
... white, which makes white colors blindingly so, is a new invention. White in the 1700s was more like what we today call off-white or beige. Fabrics: Real silk drapes, handles, sounds, and feels different ...
10. Coat for a Wounded Prince
(Telling stories with clothes)
... been loaded too full: the cause of the explosion remained a mystery.   Altering the coat While Fritz was recovering, he used a sling of silk made for his left arm. After three weeks he ...
11. Handling Clothes
(Working with clothes)
... weighted silks damage from dirt and use Decide what actions need to be taken and in which order: Cleaning, conservation and mounting may be necessary photography may be desired both before ...
12. Dangerous Costume
(Working with clothes)
... evidence when he was accused of intimacy with Queen Caroline Mathilde and misuse of power. He admitted to having bought the pink pair of silk garters for the Queen, at her request, but explained that she ...
13. Useful Addresses
(Working with clothes)
...    Fabrics Fucotex (www.fucotex.de ) Burgfriedenstrasse 23, D-86316 Friedberg Tel 0049.821.26380-0 Fax 0049.821-26380-35 A huge choice of cottons, wools, linens, silks and synthetic ...
14. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget
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... to deduce that she enjoyed the Queen’s favor, as the dress of silk and lace are equal to what fashionable women at court wore. The bodice, skirt and hooded overgown are all made of a bright green patterned ...
15. Take a Closer Look at Costume
(Working with clothes)
... silk and cotton, all other decor and the sewing thread(s) used.     Cut and construction (See also Taking a Pattern) Museums often collect items because of their cut and construction ...
16. Ponchos and Mantas
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... from vicuña hair to cotton, wool and silk. They might incorporate stripes or more complex patterns.   An 18th century European Poncho Often ponchos worn by Europeans were made from luxurious ...
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