... I am going to make every effort to get up there to see that show! That museum does a wonderful job, I saw an exhibition on Napoleon there a number of years...
1922
Muireall Wallace
argent_unicorn
Jun 24, 2004 1:55 am
It has a great deal on the Medici family timelines, family tree, who was Pope, queen and head of family... things of the family including artifacts from the...
1923
Mary Taran
oh_mobi
Jun 24, 2004 2:43 am
... You are describing a warp-weighted loom. My apprentice, who is a weaver from a family of weavers, says that with two people, a loom of this sort could...
1924
Susan Farmer
jerusha_kilgore
Jun 24, 2004 2:52 am
... A gown made of 13 "breccia" of 72 inch fabric boggles the mind ..... Jerusha...
1925
colleen.mcdonald@...
colleen_l_mc...
Jun 24, 2004 2:52 pm
I believe it's spelled }}Braccio{{, at least all the references I have spell it that way. It is a cloth measurement of 2 feet. Don Giulio de Medici Cavaliere...
1926
comrion
Jun 24, 2004 5:24 pm
... It's a point that I'd like to include in my research as I've not been able to locate an exact definition. ... Sure, I will pull the info this evening and...
1927
borderlands15213
borderlands1...
Jun 24, 2004 7:03 pm
... and ... redrawing ... was ... weaver ... sort ... From the illustration, it appeared to be UNlike any of the warp- weighted looms I've seen. Threads or...
1928
Cheryle
ladystormme
Jun 24, 2004 11:43 pm
I live here in Memphis and I know that it will not go anywhere but back to where it came from after Sept. So If you want to see it you will have to come ! I...
1929
comrion
Jun 24, 2004 11:53 pm
Kay I've been floating around the web some and found some really neat stuff dealing with measurements. So the question is how many inches does 64 cm translate...
1930
Holly Frantz
hefrantz
Jun 25, 2004 12:53 am
Has anyone bought the art exhibition book? I won't be able to make it to the exhibition but if the exhibition book contains pictures of the dresses, it would...
1931
Muireall Wallace
argent_unicorn
Jun 25, 2004 2:25 am
My mother and my sister both bought it and its very nice. Soft cover but big with nice colour pictures and good details. Holly Frantz <hefrantz@...>...
1932
otsisto
alfrdis
Jun 25, 2004 5:02 am
... Kay I've been floating around the web some and found some really neat stuff dealing with measurements. So the question is how many inches does 64 cm...
1933
Krystal Ruth Morgan
gaia002
Jun 25, 2004 11:22 am
Good morning, My name is Baroness Morgana de Mont-St-Michel. I live in the Barony of Black Diamond in Atlantia. I have been lurking on the list for a while, ...
1934
kitlizzy
Jun 25, 2004 2:38 pm
I have a quick question - should I line the skirt for my Italian ren? It seems strange not to, but on the other hand, lining it would make pleating the waist...
1935
Jessica Maxson
giulianasalv...
Jun 25, 2004 2:47 pm
Salve Elizabeth! What kind of dress is it? Is it an underdress, fifteenth century, sixteenth century? What kind of fabric did you use? These are all things to...
1936
Su Ralston
suralston
Jun 25, 2004 3:16 pm
... While this email answered the question, it didn't "teach you to fish", so... A quick (not quite perfect) conversion from cm to inches is to remember there...
1937
comrion
Jun 25, 2004 4:16 pm
These are the sources I found for the length of the Braccio they're both specific to Florence: "The Building of Renaissance Florence" Preface XV "In the...
1938
kitlizzy
Jun 25, 2004 4:41 pm
Thank you for the advice! It is a brocade/tapestry type fabric I got on clearance to use for my first attempt before I get to my "good fabrics", so I will...
1939
comrion
Jun 25, 2004 5:07 pm
Awesome source and information!! Mille Grazie Baronessa! Don Giulio de Medici Cavaliere Dell'Ordine de Santo Stefano Guild San Lorenzo(rpfs) ... Barony of ... ...
1940
chris carpenter
adizzymonkee
Jun 25, 2004 10:53 pm
Um... just for curiosity sake, I understand why sumptuary laws existed, for often commoners of those societies became more wealthy than those who ruled them,...
1941
comrion
Jun 25, 2004 11:21 pm
I would figure that it was an early attempt at standarization of measurements. As noted, the Venetians wanted to do it because they wanted to successfully...
1942
Janie
janiebrackett
Jun 26, 2004 1:50 am
... I thought this might be of help to the "metrically challenged" among us. Take out your fabric measuring tape. Check to see if it is metric on one side,...
1943
borderlands15213
borderlands1...
Jun 26, 2004 3:05 pm
Greetings, my lady baroness! I cheerfully and freely confess that I am not a weaver, and am not versed--so little as to be virtually not at all!--in commerce...
1944
Allison Wall
toragana13
Jun 26, 2004 7:30 pm
Chris, This may not be the direction your question wanted answered, but this is from the perspective of an Archeaologist/Historian. First of all, the...
1945
kitlizzy
Jun 29, 2004 3:23 pm
I just wanted to thank all of you on the list for being so helpful!! I finished pleating the skirt to the bodice last night and I'm incredibly happy with how...
1946
Kiara
kiarapanther1
Jun 29, 2004 7:39 pm
I use fingerloop braid as cording for both bodice and sleeves. As to the band in the hair, that is mostly refered to as hair taping. Its a ribbon wound...
1947
vigamor12000
Jun 29, 2004 10:45 pm
As a weaver and student of weaving in the middle ages and Viking eras, I agree the standard weaving width was less than 36" basically due to the logistics of...
1948
otsisto
alfrdis
Jun 30, 2004 4:45 am
From another list. Cost in US dollars is roughly $122.50 ______________________ Dear Madam/Sir, The following title has just been imported into the ILAB-LILA ...
1949
Susan Griner
lucreziadelb...
Jun 30, 2004 6:26 pm
According to Herald these are benda or binda. I just researched these for a class I am teaching at KWCS 2004. They can run from ~ 1/16" to 13/16" wide. I have...
1950
caitlin_oduibhir
caitlin_odui...
Jun 30, 2004 8:42 pm
I'm analysing his "Bella Nani" (1560) portrait right now, and something has me bugged. I am trying to establish just how much flight of fancy he has going on...
