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[wataya]

Some interesting links from Norsk Folk museum : some dresses with sketches, and patterns. Very small size images, but interesting nonetheless. there is a fascinating 18th century girl dress. (Nothing past regency, I don't know why. Oh, and pictures are capricious) And thanks to isiswardrobe and operafantomet for linking toward the museum site in the first place.

http://www.primusweb.no/things/kjole/NF/NF.1910-0878?pos=15
http://www.primusweb.no/things/kjole-kjoleliv-til/NF/NF.1962-0441?pos=27
http://www.primusweb.no/things/kjole-kjoleliv-til/NF/NF.1959-0070?pos=33
http://www.primusweb.no/things/kjole-kjoleliv-til/NF/NF.1959-0069?pos=32

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[operafantomet.livejournal.com]

That museum has an amazing dress collection, but alas their website is so old fashioned and they don't have too much on display. And what they have on display has stood there forever and a day... I so wanna work there and get them up to date with other museums in the world. They have everything except money. But I hope the new, permanent display due 2014 will fix that. I was there yesterday, and got to take pictures from the preliminary display giving an idea of what the 2014 one will be like, you probably saw it:
http://operafantomet.livejournal.com/225947.html

I didn't get as far as to the pink girl's dress you linked to. But you'll love this. The museum has both the dress and a portrait of the girl once wearing it. She died three years old, so it might have been a commemorative portrait, or one painted right before she died (similar to Cosimo de' Medici's daughter Bia). The vase usually indicate the former. On the backside of the portrait one can read "Magdalena Elselena Wensels Portræt fød. d. 16 Oct 1782 død d 15 Marsty 1786. Hendes Alder 3 Aar og 22 Uger." In English it translates to "Magdalena Elselena Wensel's portrait. Born October 16th 1782, died March 15th 1786. Her age 3 years and 22 weeks.". They used to exhibit the dress and the portrait together, but I was told the dress was taken down because it's too fragile.

Here is the actual portrait:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/nordiskedrakter/rokokko/wensel1785norskfolkemuseum.jpg
"Portrait of Magdalena Wensel", ca. 1785, unknown artist (Norwegian Folk Museum)

Eldest clothes in this museum's collection seems to be from the 16th century, but they're rather unclear on it. They have a display called "With one foot in the Medieval era", showing how the primary cut of clothes and how the details from Medieval clothes lived on well until the 19th century in rural areas. But they don't date any of their items on display, which is frustrating. Here is a dress which is probably from the 16th or 17th century, but as the site points out info is non-existant:
http://www.drakt.org/Renaissance/Renessanse_kjole.html

Ditto for this jacket:
http://www.drakt.org/Renaissance/J2.html

This museum has a lot of potential. I dream of them releasing a book similar to that of "Fashioning Fashion", Kyoto and V&A. They definitely have the items to pull it off, and the expertise. They just need more money...

[wataya]

Thanks so much for all the additional information !

[corsetrasewing.livejournal.com]

ohh thanks for sharing the links!

[wataya]

your welcome !