Eating cherries
Jun. 6th, 2013 07:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotSet my next/last patterning appointments! On June 14 I'm going to Cherry Hill, to pattern what I'm told is a pink 1790s spencer (EXCITING). On the 28th I'm going to NYSHA/the Farmers' ('s?) Museum, for a floral brocaded mantua (N.210.62), a more heavily quilted pink petticoat (N.66.87), something ca. 1770 that was fucked with around 1800 (N.72.75), and a white satin gown and petticoat, maybe a française? (N.2.71) (it's a terrible picture and it's not in the box well).
Going through some early 1920s women's magazines - Lady's Home Journal and Good Housekeeping, which I think are good barometers of the Average Woman's Known Designers - to note the names. I'm not 100% on what I'm doing with this, but part of it is noting which are used the most and trying to figure out their dates. Unfortunately, the side effect of "CHANEL WAS THE TOP" is that the actual tops of the earlier part of the decade are basically completely unfindable. I've got one source that tells me Jenny was Jenny Levine and was active 1908-1938, and I have no idea if it's remotely right.
Put together the side panels, which should hopefully be the most tricky bit with the gathering and all. If I'm lucky, I'll get most of this done this weekend. Fingers crossed.
Going through some early 1920s women's magazines - Lady's Home Journal and Good Housekeeping, which I think are good barometers of the Average Woman's Known Designers - to note the names. I'm not 100% on what I'm doing with this, but part of it is noting which are used the most and trying to figure out their dates. Unfortunately, the side effect of "CHANEL WAS THE TOP" is that the actual tops of the earlier part of the decade are basically completely unfindable. I've got one source that tells me Jenny was Jenny Levine and was active 1908-1938, and I have no idea if it's remotely right.
Put together the side panels, which should hopefully be the most tricky bit with the gathering and all. If I'm lucky, I'll get most of this done this weekend. Fingers crossed.
