Comments on: Tarnished http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/25/tarnished/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:44:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Debbie Schmidt http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/25/tarnished/comment-page-1/#comment-2017 Debbie Schmidt Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:51:48 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/25/tarnished/#comment-2017 Where can I purchase "real" silver thread? Where can I purchase “real” silver thread?

]]> By: Posy Lane http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/25/tarnished/comment-page-1/#comment-1952 Posy Lane Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:47:56 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/25/tarnished/#comment-1952 Is it a bad idea to embroider with real silver thread? It sounds like the thread will always tarnish and can you really keep it free of oxidation? Is it a bad idea to embroider with real silver thread? It sounds like the thread will always tarnish and can you really keep it free of oxidation?

]]> By: Devon http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/25/tarnished/comment-page-1/#comment-1553 Devon Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:18:37 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/25/tarnished/#comment-1553 I bought some little plastic, but lined with a magic substance, bags from some silver purveyor that I keep my silver bobbin lace jewelry in. I wonder if it would be worth slipping the bobbins into such bags between use, or cutting one large bag for a cover cloth. The Dangerous Liasons exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum had clothing with metallic lace on it. Some of it was undoubtedly tarnished. But the lighting at the exhibit was "candle light", actually electric bulbs in candle type holders and in the low candle light conditions, the lace, even though tarnished, really glowed and reflected the light. It was very interesting to see how the low lighting conditions common in the 18th century set off the metallic lace. Devon I bought some little plastic, but lined with a magic substance, bags from some silver purveyor that I keep my silver bobbin lace jewelry in. I wonder if it would be worth slipping the bobbins into such bags between use, or cutting one large bag for a cover cloth.

The Dangerous Liasons exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum had clothing with metallic lace on it. Some of it was undoubtedly tarnished. But the lighting at the exhibit was “candle light”, actually electric bulbs in candle type holders and in the low candle light conditions, the lace, even though tarnished, really glowed and reflected the light. It was very interesting to see how the low lighting conditions common in the 18th century set off the metallic lace.

Devon

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