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Evening dress. 1850–52. Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett, 1920 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159159

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L'Art et la mode, no. 43, vol. 33, 26 octobre 1912, Paris. Imp. L. Lafontaine, Paris. Robe de velours ourlée de skungs, garnie d’une broderie de Beauvais. Broderie de Milton Abelson, Regent House, Regent Street, London w. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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I was having writers block and so I took a break and soon enough it was 3 in the morning and I had impulsively sewn together a tiny mouse you’re welcome

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Papers that were dug out of a wall, some explanation under the cut.

When I was a teen, my parents bought a house that was built in the early 1900s. During renovations, my father found a number of fashion magazines and sewing patterns, dating between 1901 and 1904, used as insulation in one of the walls. They then went into a box and into the attic for a good while.

Last time I visited I took the three coloured prints and one of the pattern sheets with me to clean and potentially digitize, especially the patterns because I think it would be fun to try out some of them at some point, even though I don't have much use for that period at the moment.

I think it might be useful to digitally seperate the different patterns that were printed on top of each other to make working with them just a little bit easier.

For now, my main goal was to stop the papers from spilling dirt everywhere every time they're touched. I started with dusting them off with a (new) make-up brush and then taking a dirt eraser to the stains. I'm very happy with how vibrant the colours were under all that dust.

Below is the "front page" of the patterns after the brush and then the dirt eraser.

Luckily, the paper is mostly in pretty good condition, apart from torn edges and sometimes missing chunks (see illustration below, which I'm very sad about because it might be my favourite). The worst is obviously the century of dirt everything was buried in.

Finally, the back of the pattern sheet. It was pretty clean already, as it is completely on the inside when the page is folded.

Updates probably coming at some point as I figure it out. If anybody knows anything about these publications, I'd be very happy to hear it.

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Blue Silk ‘Aesthetic’ Dress, 1893-1894, English.

By Liberty & Co. Ltd.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Red velvet evening coat, ca. 1890s.

Maryland Center History and Culture.

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Le Moniteur de la Mode Journal du grand monde.

January, 1844 Volume 28, Plate 1 Signed: Réville sc; Jules David

Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

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Black empire style gown

Tulle and silk

C. 1800-1810, Napoleonic era

Centraal Museum, Utrecht