Saturday, May 21, 2011
Green
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Yet another fairly popular color. Green was thought of as a soothing, easy to look upon color. When bookcases had glass doors, they often ...
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Friday, May 20, 2011
New Style Bonnet
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So, I know the silk bonnet has recently caught on, and original images of it seem to be popping up everywhere. However, when I was looking ...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Yellow
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Next to Orange on the color spectrum, but on opposite ends of easy to find. Yellow seems to be everywhere in 18th century garments. And it...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Orange
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Orange was one of the most difficult colors to find extant examples of. I don't think that means it wasn't worn, it just may not ha...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Pink
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As before, another post on color, the definitions coming from Elephant's Breath & London Smoke . This time, Pink. It's not jus...
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Red
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I recently purchased Elephant's Breath & London Smoke , by Deb Salisbury. It's a long list of colors and references to them thr...
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