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Wide Crossed Neck Ribbons
Nineteenth century women loved to wear ribbons — in their hats and hair, around their necks and waists, or just tied in a bow and fixed to their dress. So we have no shortage of images showing women wearing ribbons. But there were fashions in just how a ribbon was to be worn, and what […]
Read More..>>Observing Preservers
Posted by admin on July 27th, 2007 filed in 1850s, 1860s, 1840s, 04 - Tintype, 03 - Ambrotype, 01 - Daguerreotype
Preservers. Not exactly Life Preservers, but in a sense serving the same purpose. In case mounted images, such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and early tintypes, the preserver was a thin brass (or more specifically, ‘pinchbeck’) element, folded around the edges of the image, cover-mat, and glass cover.
How would such a contrivance ‘preserve’ the image? Well, when […]