Rijksmuseum Fashion Plates
I'm probably the last to know, but in case anyone else missed that the Rijksmuseum has uploaded tons of fashion plates to their website, check here for over 5,000 images. (Click "Verfijnen" then "Periode" to choose a century)
This one is screaming for a funny caption.
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I think I am going to give up on my "India" section of research. After compiling everything, I just have a bunch of random factoids I found interesting, with no real flow or purpose. Although it seems crazy to ignore the country that spawned the printed cottons I find so interesting, the situation of Indian weavers in the 18th century has no real bearing on the purpose of my research which is: how common were printed fabrics and what did they look like?
I'm going to move on to dye techniques next, I think. That should give the technical information needed to understand what printers were doing in Europe (and to a lesser extent, the New World). The part I'm most looking forward to is the statistical analysis. I don't know if I will come up with any solid information, but hopefully there will be some value in it.
This one is screaming for a funny caption.
*****
I think I am going to give up on my "India" section of research. After compiling everything, I just have a bunch of random factoids I found interesting, with no real flow or purpose. Although it seems crazy to ignore the country that spawned the printed cottons I find so interesting, the situation of Indian weavers in the 18th century has no real bearing on the purpose of my research which is: how common were printed fabrics and what did they look like?
I'm going to move on to dye techniques next, I think. That should give the technical information needed to understand what printers were doing in Europe (and to a lesser extent, the New World). The part I'm most looking forward to is the statistical analysis. I don't know if I will come up with any solid information, but hopefully there will be some value in it.