Elsa mantua inspiration -1

My progress has gotten to the “piece very chunky silver lace into an invisible join” stage of my own Mantua, so to let my mind work in the background on that I’m using the front of my mind to look at my inspiration garments. So the first is the one that started it all. Many…

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Extant Gowns I adore

  Mantua, V&A Museum, London Place of origin:  Spitalfields (textile, weaving) England (mantua, sewing) Date: ca. 1720 (weaving)  1720-1730 (sewing) Artist/Maker: Unknown Materials and Techniques: Silk, silk thread, silver-gilt thread; hand-woven brocading, hand-sewn. Museum number: T.88 to C-1978 Gallery location: In Storage Interactive full views I am not sure if the petticoat and front are original, if they are it’s…

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Extant Gowns I adore-3

I’m cheating, these are all doublets. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Costume bodice, Spanish, possibly early 20th century, in the style of about 1600 If this is a copy it’s a remarkable wonderfully accurate copy! I know there was a lot of interest in historic costume and collecting extant items in the late 19thC especially but…

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Extant gowns I adore-2

  1 Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, 2 Vendulka Otavská-Restaurování a konzervování historických textilií 3, 4, 5 Regionálního muzea v Mikulově 6, 7, 8 Shakespeare’s England- Clothing from beyond the grave Garment of: Margaretha Franciska Lobkowicz Obsessed since: 2012 Recommended resources:  Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Regionálního muzea v Mikulově, Shakespeare’s England- Clothing from beyond the grave The Museum of…

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Extant gowns I adore-1

  1,2 Der Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk 3 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden    4 Werkstätten Ackermann & Pfannenberg, 5 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden,* 6 Alamy, 7 Werkstätten Ackermann & Pfannenberg, 8 Alamy Garment of: Magdalena Sibylla of Prussia Obsessed since: August 2016 Recommended resources:  Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Also has a pdf of the brochure for the exhibition Werkstätten Ackermann & Pfannenbergmakers of the figurines for display Machwerk– blog…

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