Capt. Sterling

Oh I will respond to both... just ask the mistresses...

I believe I used about 8 yards of silk for the petticoat and another 8 for the overgown.. the bodice requires about a yard and don't forget the sleeve.

oops will try to blow this up tomorrow

Right then, the above are later copies supposedly of original plates from the proper period

1660s Court Dress This is the oldest dress, and one of the rarest pieces, in the collection at the Fashion Museum (which I believe is in Bath, England). Very few complete dresses from the 17th century survive. It is a court dress and is known as the Silver Tissue Dress because it is made of a fabric where the warp is silk and the weft is silver metal thread. The dress is decorated with applied parchment lace, a silk bobbin lace enclosing strips of parchment. All of these materials were costly. In fact at this date it was not unusual for the lace used to decorate a dress to be more expensive than the fabric from which the dress was made. The Silver-tissue Dress was therefore a dress to be worn at grand occasions, such as attendance at a royal court, in the presence of King Charles II.

see typed version following Note the skirt arrangement which seems a whole lot easier than stitching the skirts to the bodice... Also Waugh's cut of women's clothing, page41 Diagram VIII shows a bodice which if you cut out the front on the fold instead of as two separate pieces works very well for the later style...page 40 Diagram VI is the pattern for the gown pictured and I believe Arnold also has the same pattern (better laid out) in Patterns of Fashion Vol. 1 dang still can't read the words.. will type them out

I would be interested in some dates on this as well... as down here the historic sites have gone from loose tea, to loose tea in caddies(mind you the caddy seemed to be the key thing at the time), to bricks...all stating earlier on it was shipped loose...problem being no one seems to know what earlier on entails...

Oh most assuredly as they were carried, at least by women, all year long, not just in the cold months... somewhat like the masks that were carried as well... I have not yet discovered if there were pockets inside the muffs of the time, like those carried during the last century... no need for a separate pocketbook for the ladies with the interior pocket. Still looking for information on such.

Dang guess we will never have a serious discussions about fontages, commodes and hairstyles...

Hmmmm

Right then found some documentation and an original petticoat boarder which is worked in crewel embroidery...circa 1725, far less elaborate than the above... will scan and post later...

Hey Mickey, just a thought, how much have you had your shoes soaked, as in working awhile in water above yer ankles? I am beginning to wonder if their glue is an issue...

Most likely far more elaborate than ye wanted, but...so 1695-1720

Gentlemen and better than just a muff, a fur trimmed coat...

Ladies

I am beginning to think only Maddogge has had any success with these shoes. Jack Roberts still can't get the right size, he's tried three times. Mr. March's heels fell off three hours after getting them wet. Mary Diamond's pair, I think the heels are falling off as well, although, to be fair, she has put some wear into hers. Loyalist keeps trying and seems to be very good about hoping to satisfy the customer, but I think tis time they found a new cobbler.

embroidered stomachers, pockets, aprons, furniture, muffs, gloves (i.e. bed hangings, chair backs and seats, lady's caskets/boxes for sewing/jewelry type items)all work for GAoP. I believe some where on the pub is a thread on embroidery. Will check on embroidered petticotes when I get home.

Ah, been hand sewing so much over the past few years, I have gotten quick enough to allow for the price....one of them "practice makes ye a hell of a lot faster."

No

Oversized for men and winter, small and dainty in the spring and summer...