-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
chasbaz on WORKING CONDITIONS OF TAILORS… David Rathgen on WORKING CONDITIONS OF TAILORS… Famous Suicides in t… on THE TRAGIC DEATH OF SIR RICHAR… chasbaz on POOR LITTLE SIR WILLIAM Gayle on POOR LITTLE SIR WILLIAM Blogroll
Archives
- January 2018
- November 2017
- September 2017
- June 2017
- March 2017
- June 2016
- May 2016
- January 2016
- September 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- October 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- December 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- December 2012
- August 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
Categories
Meta
Monthly Archives: July 2010
MAKING A COAT AND BREECHES
The 18th Century tailor did not use a tape measure marked in inches, although this was apparently invented by George Atkinson in 1799. He used a ‘measure’ – a long strip of paper or parchment, to measure his client, marking each dimension on… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
PRINCELY ANECDOTES
George, Prince of Wales, at about the time when Louis first became his tailor. Painting by Richard Cosway.There are of course many anecdotes about the prince and his self-indulgence, particularly in the matter of dress.”… if any doubt survived as … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
THE PHANTOM TAILOR
I had done a great deal of genealogical research on my families before I started to concentrate on my gggggfr Louis Bazalgette. I was intrigued, because he was regarded in the family as a mysterious figure, the commonest question about him being: … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
LOUIS’ HOUSES
Section of Richard Horwood’s London map of 1792-99, showing 22, Grosvenor Street at the bottom with Brooks Mews and Brook Street above it. Top centre is the location of 18, South Molton Street.We do not yet know in what ‘obscure street of Lond… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
INJURY TO INSULT: THE REVOLTING TAILORS
Tailors were often maligned at the time, and this was partly because their craft, highly skilled though it was, was regarded as ‘unmanly’. They were portrayed in political cartoons as spare, mean and grasping. There are two obvious reasons for thi… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
7 Comments
MECHANICS OF TAILORING IN THE 1780’S
This cartoon shows four of the tailor’s tools: the goose, the yard, the ‘banger’ and the needle. I’m at pains to find out as much real technical detail as I can of how tailors worked in the 1780’s. What their hours were, how they worked together, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
LOUIS THE PATRIARCH
If you should happen to bump into any anglophone Bazalgette on your course through life, it is almost certain that this fine specimen will be a descendant of Louis Bazalgette. If he/she happens to be French, he/she may still be a relative, because… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
SOME TAILORING NOTES
High-class tailoring at the time was of the traditional sort, in that everything was hand-sewn. After measurements had been made of the client (much facilitated by the invention of the tape measure in about 1800), patterns were made, which is prob… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
3 Comments
THE BIRTHDAY SUIT AND THE HUSSAR’S UNIFORM
On January the 16th, 1788, Prince George commissioned a Birthday Dress Suit of unparalleled splendour. The accounts show:-To making a birthday dress suit coquelico sattin coat & breeches and silver tissue waistcoat all richly embroid’d in silver… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Comments
CLOTHES HANGERS AND STUFF
For my blog entitled ‘A Morning at Carlton House’ I knew the facts, such as the people, places (and garments) involved. My main headache was working out the logistics of transporting the clothes. My original idea was rather logical, I thought, and… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment