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Monday, February 25, 2013

No, I Didn't Get It Done, No, I Didn't Get It Done...and the Rest of 2013

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We've seen this image too much. If I were you, I'd object, too. ...No, I didn't get it done at all!  Sung off-key to ...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Wigmaker, Barber..., Part 2: Powdering!!

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  Well frizzed and powdered, 1782. Misses Annabella and Mary Craufurd (mistakenly Crawford), afterwards Countess Lockhart and Mr...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

The Wigmaker, Barber..., Encyclopédie Méthodique, Part 1 Cutting and Curling Hair

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The perruquier, Plate 1. In a post recently I wrote that I had the urge to explore the world of the wigmaker and translate that article...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

La Lingère, by M. Panckoucke: Plate 2 Captions Translated

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Here we go, the captions from La Lingère in M. Panckoucke's Encyclopédie Méthodique, plate 2. This second plate is most interesti...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

La Lingère, by M. Panckoucke: Plate 1 Captions Translated

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Last post I promised to translate the captions from La Lingère in M. Panckoucke's Encyclopédie Méthodique . Voilà: herewith a transl...
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Saturday, February 02, 2013

A Followup to Diderot's Encyclopedie? You Bet: Meet M. Panckoucke and the Encyclopédie Méthodique

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Was he a kook, Mr. Charles Joseph Panckoucke, thinking in 1781 that he could publish another giant French encyclopedia? Mais non , at lea...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Sewing the Sleeveless Spencer...and a Short Hiatus

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Ye spencer bodice. All seams and hems are stitched in constrasting yellow silk (Au Ver de Soie 100/3) Much of the sleeveless spencer h...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Garsault Online...Le Tailleur, et Plus, La Lingere

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Oh for heaven's sake: Garsault is online! Yes, Art du Tailleur, Contenant Le Tailleur D'Habits d'Hommes; Les Culottes de Peau;...
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