Post by Lucille on Mar 13, 2010 13:38:05 GMT 1
Hi all,
Dillon's have been dealing with a lovely cloth merchant over our supply of wool recently. He has been able to supply us with the serge we required for the lining of small clothes (as per French army regs) at an exceptionally reasonable price, and can provide bay (also referred to as baise) for the lining of British army coats (his choice of period correct dyes is mouth-wateringly amazing!).
Glazed woolen tammy is a long-term interest of mine, and I recently had the chance to badger him about this. I have come across countless references to tammy and its French incarnation 'estamine' over the years, notably in descriptions of the cloth used for French army cravattes in the Seven Years War (listed as being black estamine or stamine). From the civilian perspective too, glazed tammy was used in the construction of working women's gowns, a sort of hard wearing and cheaper alternative to silk where 'Sunday best' gowns are required (there are some really nice examples in Linda Baumgarten's 'What Clothes Reveal: the Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America' from the Williamsberg collections).
I've asked all over about glazed tammy, including at a Norwich Museum (Norwich was a v.large producer of glazed woolens in the 18th century), and from there, a Danish company who had entertained the notion of re-creating some, but to no avail. Anyhoo, to cut a long story short, wool bloke is looking into having a small amount made at his specialist mill. He has provided me with some foties of existing samples (lovely stripey stuff!
though unfortunately no brocaded or damask types -that's a different kettle all together!), which he wants to put forward as his test run. Because he is producing so little, he would like to know what the popular concensus for patterns/colour combinations would be based on the extant samples, in accordance with his market's wants and needs. I for one am interested given my desire to re-create a really stripey outfit from a particular Chardin painting... ;D
I'll post the samples up on here v soon (when I work out how!) so we can give him some idea of who likes what and whether there is enough of a market for him to do it (he was originally planning to confine his market to American re-enactors!). It'd also be good to know however, whether any of my fellow Frenchies would be interested in black estamine for cravatte making -if so, I could ask whether he'd be prepared to have a small amount run off for us.
Let me know what y'all think.
Regards,
Lucy goosey
Dillon's have been dealing with a lovely cloth merchant over our supply of wool recently. He has been able to supply us with the serge we required for the lining of small clothes (as per French army regs) at an exceptionally reasonable price, and can provide bay (also referred to as baise) for the lining of British army coats (his choice of period correct dyes is mouth-wateringly amazing!).
Glazed woolen tammy is a long-term interest of mine, and I recently had the chance to badger him about this. I have come across countless references to tammy and its French incarnation 'estamine' over the years, notably in descriptions of the cloth used for French army cravattes in the Seven Years War (listed as being black estamine or stamine). From the civilian perspective too, glazed tammy was used in the construction of working women's gowns, a sort of hard wearing and cheaper alternative to silk where 'Sunday best' gowns are required (there are some really nice examples in Linda Baumgarten's 'What Clothes Reveal: the Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America' from the Williamsberg collections).
I've asked all over about glazed tammy, including at a Norwich Museum (Norwich was a v.large producer of glazed woolens in the 18th century), and from there, a Danish company who had entertained the notion of re-creating some, but to no avail. Anyhoo, to cut a long story short, wool bloke is looking into having a small amount made at his specialist mill. He has provided me with some foties of existing samples (lovely stripey stuff!
though unfortunately no brocaded or damask types -that's a different kettle all together!), which he wants to put forward as his test run. Because he is producing so little, he would like to know what the popular concensus for patterns/colour combinations would be based on the extant samples, in accordance with his market's wants and needs. I for one am interested given my desire to re-create a really stripey outfit from a particular Chardin painting... ;DI'll post the samples up on here v soon (when I work out how!) so we can give him some idea of who likes what and whether there is enough of a market for him to do it (he was originally planning to confine his market to American re-enactors!). It'd also be good to know however, whether any of my fellow Frenchies would be interested in black estamine for cravatte making -if so, I could ask whether he'd be prepared to have a small amount run off for us.
Let me know what y'all think.
Regards,
Lucy goosey
...NOW I can...What the *&%$ happened there....?