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18th-Century Clothing: A Woman's Pocket Was a Separate Baghttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/construction/18th-century-clothing/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZTwo surviving pockets, of about 1784 and 1799, are separate bags; a museum record says such pockets were tied on under the skirts. Each layer, shift to gown.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Arsenic Green: Only a Test Shows Which Dresses Held Ithttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/color/arsenic-green/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZAn 1861 inquest blamed arsenite of copper for a flower maker's death. Writers warned about wearers but named none; only a test shows which dresses held arsenic.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Cameo Jewelry: In Shell Cameos, Figure and Ground Are Onehttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/jewelry/cameo/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZIn a shell cameo such as The Met's brooch of about 1835, the white figure and brown ground are one piece of shell; Wedgwood's jasper cameos used moulds.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Corsets and Ribs: Bending Reported in Seven Paris Skeletonshttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/construction/corset-claims/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZSömmerring's 1793 treatise blamed stays for reshaped ribs and moved organs. A small 2015 study reported bent ribs in seven skeletons; breaks remain unproven here.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Crinoline: The Word Meant a Horsehair Cloth Before the Cagehttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/construction/crinoline/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZThe Met's 1857 cage crinoline hangs steel hoops on cloth tapes. In French, the TLFi dictionary records the word first in 1829, for a horsehair and linen cloth.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Houndstooth: In Woven Cloth, the Teeth Come From the Weavehttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/weaves/houndstooth/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZWoven houndstooth's teeth aren't drawn. Computed here: four dark and four light threads each way in a 2/2 twill hook the checks; two and two give only lines.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Indigo Dye: Water Won't Dissolve It, So the Vat Changes Ithttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/color/indigo-dye/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZIndigo won't dissolve in water. An alkaline vat turns it into a leuco form that dissolves there; the fermentation vats studied went yellow-green. Air turns cloth blue.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Ring Settings: Cellini's Closed Backs Hid Colored Foilhttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/jewelry/ring-settings/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZSix ring settings in cross-section: bezel, prong, closed back, pavé, channel and gypsy. In Cellini's 16th-century account, a closed back hid colored foil.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Tartan: How Three Yarn Colors Make Up to Six on the Clothhttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/weaves/tartan/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZTartan repeats one stripe list in warp and weft, usually woven in 2/2 twill. See why three yarn colors make up to six on the cloth, and why blends can cover half of it.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer
Types of Weave: Satin Is a Structure, Not a Fiberhttps://tailorweaverjewelerdyer.com/weaves/types-of-weave/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZPlain weave, twill and satin all cross warp and weft at right angles and differ only in where the crossings fall. Satin names a weave, not a fiber.Tailor, Weaver, Jeweler, Dyer