Rebecca Olds
@rebeccaolds.bsky.social
Early Modern Dress & Textile Historian | Researcher Maker Teacher |
UofGlasgow PGDip Dress & Textile Histories | www.timesmith.co.uk |
cycling, live music, cats | former trademark attorney | 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 (she/her)
UofGlasgow PGDip Dress & Textile Histories | www.timesmith.co.uk |
cycling, live music, cats | former trademark attorney | 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 (she/her)
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Rebecca Olds
@rebeccaolds.bsky.social
· Jun 12
🎉🎉 Registration now open! 🎉🎉
Two new 18th century gownmaking workshops this autumn:
* Sept 19-21: making a sackback gown, aka robe a la francaise. 🥰
* Oct 3-5: making an English gown aka nightgown aka robe a l'Anglaise. 😍
Full details & to book:
www.timesmith.co.uk/shop/in-pers...
Two new 18th century gownmaking workshops this autumn:
* Sept 19-21: making a sackback gown, aka robe a la francaise. 🥰
* Oct 3-5: making an English gown aka nightgown aka robe a l'Anglaise. 😍
Full details & to book:
www.timesmith.co.uk/shop/in-pers...
🎉🎉 Registration now open! 🎉🎉
Two new 18th century gownmaking workshops this autumn:
* Sept 19-21: making a sackback gown, aka robe a la francaise. 🥰
* Oct 3-5: making an English gown aka nightgown aka robe a l'Anglaise. 😍
Full details & to book:
www.timesmith.co.uk/shop/in-pers...
Two new 18th century gownmaking workshops this autumn:
* Sept 19-21: making a sackback gown, aka robe a la francaise. 🥰
* Oct 3-5: making an English gown aka nightgown aka robe a l'Anglaise. 😍
Full details & to book:
www.timesmith.co.uk/shop/in-pers...
June 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎉🎉 Registration now open! 🎉🎉
Two new 18th century gownmaking workshops this autumn:
* Sept 19-21: making a sackback gown, aka robe a la francaise. 🥰
* Oct 3-5: making an English gown aka nightgown aka robe a l'Anglaise. 😍
Full details & to book:
www.timesmith.co.uk/shop/in-pers...
Two new 18th century gownmaking workshops this autumn:
* Sept 19-21: making a sackback gown, aka robe a la francaise. 🥰
* Oct 3-5: making an English gown aka nightgown aka robe a l'Anglaise. 😍
Full details & to book:
www.timesmith.co.uk/shop/in-pers...
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Dutch enamelled gilt metal Needle-case,c. 1700.
In the form of a book, the covers with enamelled birds &foliage , set with amethyst cabochons.
#Bijoux
@ Christies
In the form of a book, the covers with enamelled birds &foliage , set with amethyst cabochons.
#Bijoux
@ Christies
March 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Dutch enamelled gilt metal Needle-case,c. 1700.
In the form of a book, the covers with enamelled birds &foliage , set with amethyst cabochons.
#Bijoux
@ Christies
In the form of a book, the covers with enamelled birds &foliage , set with amethyst cabochons.
#Bijoux
@ Christies
The chintz short sack gown is finished! 🙂
The original is held by Dordrecht Museum. All I had to work from were @monalunasimone.bsky.social 's photos on IG (www.instagram.com/p/B8zVRL_FPjD).
Can't wait to wear mine to an event this year.
#FashionHistory #18thCentury #Mantuamaker #HistoricalDress
The original is held by Dordrecht Museum. All I had to work from were @monalunasimone.bsky.social 's photos on IG (www.instagram.com/p/B8zVRL_FPjD).
Can't wait to wear mine to an event this year.
#FashionHistory #18thCentury #Mantuamaker #HistoricalDress
March 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The chintz short sack gown is finished! 🙂
The original is held by Dordrecht Museum. All I had to work from were @monalunasimone.bsky.social 's photos on IG (www.instagram.com/p/B8zVRL_FPjD).
Can't wait to wear mine to an event this year.
#FashionHistory #18thCentury #Mantuamaker #HistoricalDress
The original is held by Dordrecht Museum. All I had to work from were @monalunasimone.bsky.social 's photos on IG (www.instagram.com/p/B8zVRL_FPjD).
Can't wait to wear mine to an event this year.
#FashionHistory #18thCentury #Mantuamaker #HistoricalDress
The back is pleated.
Oh, the joys of working with a symmetrical pattern!
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#18thcenturyfashion #EnglishNightgown #silk #floral #damask #fashion #fashionhistory #dresshistory #textilehistory #everyinchhandstitched #mantuamaker #mantuamaking
Oh, the joys of working with a symmetrical pattern!
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#18thcenturyfashion #EnglishNightgown #silk #floral #damask #fashion #fashionhistory #dresshistory #textilehistory #everyinchhandstitched #mantuamaker #mantuamaking
February 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The back is pleated.
Oh, the joys of working with a symmetrical pattern!
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.
#18thcenturyfashion #EnglishNightgown #silk #floral #damask #fashion #fashionhistory #dresshistory #textilehistory #everyinchhandstitched #mantuamaker #mantuamaking
Oh, the joys of working with a symmetrical pattern!
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.
#18thcenturyfashion #EnglishNightgown #silk #floral #damask #fashion #fashionhistory #dresshistory #textilehistory #everyinchhandstitched #mantuamaker #mantuamaking
I'm building the sleeves for "Mrs Willing's gown", using the sleeve pattern & construction techniques from a silk fitted back gown owned by The School of Historical Dress, published in 'Patterns of Fashion 6'. I really love this shape!
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #materialculture
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #materialculture
February 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I'm building the sleeves for "Mrs Willing's gown", using the sleeve pattern & construction techniques from a silk fitted back gown owned by The School of Historical Dress, published in 'Patterns of Fashion 6'. I really love this shape!
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #materialculture
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #materialculture
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As the February theme for Explore Your Archive is Love, we'll take a look at various ways the late 18th century caricaturist George Woodward put love in his work. To begin with, here is his sweet sketch of 'The Bashful Lovers'.
#EYALove #18thcentury #19thcentury #art #ExploreYourArchive
#EYALove #18thcentury #19thcentury #art #ExploreYourArchive
February 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
As the February theme for Explore Your Archive is Love, we'll take a look at various ways the late 18th century caricaturist George Woodward put love in his work. To begin with, here is his sweet sketch of 'The Bashful Lovers'.
#EYALove #18thcentury #19thcentury #art #ExploreYourArchive
#EYALove #18thcentury #19thcentury #art #ExploreYourArchive
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Anna Ioannovna, Empress of Russia, was born #OnThisDay in 1693. For her coronation in 1730, she wore a brocade and silk gown embellished with silver-gilt lace and braid. The train could be raised via a system of cords. Kremlin Museums collection. #fashionhistory #royalfashion
February 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Anna Ioannovna, Empress of Russia, was born #OnThisDay in 1693. For her coronation in 1730, she wore a brocade and silk gown embellished with silver-gilt lace and braid. The train could be raised via a system of cords. Kremlin Museums collection. #fashionhistory #royalfashion
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We made it to Footwear Friday! This toddler's shoe is broadly dated by the V&A to 1450-1550 - an unlikely survivor from the Middle Ages. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107715... 🗃️🪡
February 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We made it to Footwear Friday! This toddler's shoe is broadly dated by the V&A to 1450-1550 - an unlikely survivor from the Middle Ages. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107715... 🗃️🪡
Progress on my chintz short sack: making and attaching pleated strips of self fabric as trim.
Photo on the right is the extant gown held by Dordrecht Museum, taken by @monalunasimone.bsky.social.
#18thC #18thCentury #DressHistory #FashionHistory #chintz #TextileHistory #Mantuamaker
Photo on the right is the extant gown held by Dordrecht Museum, taken by @monalunasimone.bsky.social.
#18thC #18thCentury #DressHistory #FashionHistory #chintz #TextileHistory #Mantuamaker
February 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Progress on my chintz short sack: making and attaching pleated strips of self fabric as trim.
Photo on the right is the extant gown held by Dordrecht Museum, taken by @monalunasimone.bsky.social.
#18thC #18thCentury #DressHistory #FashionHistory #chintz #TextileHistory #Mantuamaker
Photo on the right is the extant gown held by Dordrecht Museum, taken by @monalunasimone.bsky.social.
#18thC #18thCentury #DressHistory #FashionHistory #chintz #TextileHistory #Mantuamaker
I'm planning a gown making workshop in Scotland later this year. Need to find a classroom to hire! #ThrowbackThursday to making this long #sackgown at Paxton House nearly 2 years ago - fantastic place for a photoshoot afterwards!
#dresshistory #fashionhistory #18thcentury #mantuamaking #TBT
#dresshistory #fashionhistory #18thcentury #mantuamaking #TBT
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm planning a gown making workshop in Scotland later this year. Need to find a classroom to hire! #ThrowbackThursday to making this long #sackgown at Paxton House nearly 2 years ago - fantastic place for a photoshoot afterwards!
#dresshistory #fashionhistory #18thcentury #mantuamaking #TBT
#dresshistory #fashionhistory #18thcentury #mantuamaking #TBT
Exquisite work by Sarah Thursfield -- as usual! 😍
#greensleevesproject update!
#Greensleeves is given a number of accessories, including a #purse.
Sarah Thursfield has made this beautiful reproduction of a typical late #Elizabethan #sweetbag worked in #silk thread, with #spangles
#tudor #tudors #blackwork #earlymodern #embroidery #braid
#Greensleeves is given a number of accessories, including a #purse.
Sarah Thursfield has made this beautiful reproduction of a typical late #Elizabethan #sweetbag worked in #silk thread, with #spangles
#tudor #tudors #blackwork #earlymodern #embroidery #braid
January 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Exquisite work by Sarah Thursfield -- as usual! 😍
Wonderful bobbles (? tassles?) on this early 19th c. pelisse. Lovely colour, too.
In keeping with the pink fashion theme I hope you enjoy this lovely early 19th century pelisse that belonged to Lady Glenlyon sister-in-law to the 5th Duke of Atholl #dresshistory #Regency #fashion
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Wonderful bobbles (? tassles?) on this early 19th c. pelisse. Lovely colour, too.
Absolutely gorgeous textile elevates a deceptively simple design. I do love just how subtly different from English styles this is.
Were this to be described in 21st century terms, it would be a ‘co-ord’ in this case of the #1730s variety, a stiffened bodice and matching skirt in bold bright floral brocade #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Absolutely gorgeous textile elevates a deceptively simple design. I do love just how subtly different from English styles this is.
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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
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For more on the Flusco Pike hoard #cumbria Here is one of the brooches which has a futhark #runic inscription on the back of the hoop and some doodles on the terminals including runes and a cross. Note the rather nifty beasties joining terminal & hoop, c.930 #medievalsky
January 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
For more on the Flusco Pike hoard #cumbria Here is one of the brooches which has a futhark #runic inscription on the back of the hoop and some doodles on the terminals including runes and a cross. Note the rather nifty beasties joining terminal & hoop, c.930 #medievalsky
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Archaeologists baffled by headline suggesting they're shocked by major new analysis confirming long-discussed (deep) historic social phenomenon. 😲😱🙄
🏺 www.independent.co.uk/news/science... via @the-independent.com
🏺 www.independent.co.uk/news/science... via @the-independent.com
Archaeologists shocked to discover first women-centric community in Europe
Scientists analysed DNA from a set of burial grounds in Dorset
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Archaeologists baffled by headline suggesting they're shocked by major new analysis confirming long-discussed (deep) historic social phenomenon. 😲😱🙄
🏺 www.independent.co.uk/news/science... via @the-independent.com
🏺 www.independent.co.uk/news/science... via @the-independent.com
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Coffee, anyone?
The year is 1761 and this boy is carefully serving coffee to the workers in an #earlymodern print shop.
(1/2)
The year is 1761 and this boy is carefully serving coffee to the workers in an #earlymodern print shop.
(1/2)
January 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Coffee, anyone?
The year is 1761 and this boy is carefully serving coffee to the workers in an #earlymodern print shop.
(1/2)
The year is 1761 and this boy is carefully serving coffee to the workers in an #earlymodern print shop.
(1/2)
Done... but not done! I have finished building my chintz short sack gown, but the extant it is based on has some lovely trim, so that's coming next.
The "flap" in the robings will get fixed as I attach trimmings, and I might re-set the pleats over the hips...
#18thC #FashionHistory #Mantuamaker
The "flap" in the robings will get fixed as I attach trimmings, and I might re-set the pleats over the hips...
#18thC #FashionHistory #Mantuamaker
December 16, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Done... but not done! I have finished building my chintz short sack gown, but the extant it is based on has some lovely trim, so that's coming next.
The "flap" in the robings will get fixed as I attach trimmings, and I might re-set the pleats over the hips...
#18thC #FashionHistory #Mantuamaker
The "flap" in the robings will get fixed as I attach trimmings, and I might re-set the pleats over the hips...
#18thC #FashionHistory #Mantuamaker
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Calling all #skystorians! Tell us your favourite Routledge History book from 2024 and we’ll pick one lucky person to win a Routledge book of their choice. Reply using the hashtag #Routledgehistory by 16th December 2024. We will then pick a winner out of a figurative hat on 17th December!
December 5, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Calling all #skystorians! Tell us your favourite Routledge History book from 2024 and we’ll pick one lucky person to win a Routledge book of their choice. Reply using the hashtag #Routledgehistory by 16th December 2024. We will then pick a winner out of a figurative hat on 17th December!
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"The historian scoffs when I ask if such insight is well paid. “Are you mad?! I’m not a lawyer, none of this is lucrative,” she says."
My wonderful colleague Amanda Vickery on the work of the historical consultant.
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
My wonderful colleague Amanda Vickery on the work of the historical consultant.
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
When historians and directors clash: ‘Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge’
Film and TV have a slippery relationship with the truth when it comes to historical epics. So spare a thought for the historical experts whose advice often goes unheeded
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
"The historian scoffs when I ask if such insight is well paid. “Are you mad?! I’m not a lawyer, none of this is lucrative,” she says."
My wonderful colleague Amanda Vickery on the work of the historical consultant.
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
My wonderful colleague Amanda Vickery on the work of the historical consultant.
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
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Going to kick off my Bluesky experience with a blog post I wrote back in May for Museums and Galleries Edinburgh, on some of their amazing early modern collection!
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/volu...
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/volu...
A Volunteer's View of the 17th Century
The week of 3rd June 2024 is Volunteers Week, a time we come together to recognise and celebrate the enormous contribution our army of volunteers make to our museums, galleries and collections. In thi...
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Going to kick off my Bluesky experience with a blog post I wrote back in May for Museums and Galleries Edinburgh, on some of their amazing early modern collection!
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/volu...
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/volu...
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At first glance I thought this was a painting. Zoom in to see the stitchwork.
National Trust Cotehele @CoteheleNT
#textiletuesday #embroidery
National Trust Cotehele @CoteheleNT
#textiletuesday #embroidery
December 3, 2024 at 7:49 AM
At first glance I thought this was a painting. Zoom in to see the stitchwork.
National Trust Cotehele @CoteheleNT
#textiletuesday #embroidery
National Trust Cotehele @CoteheleNT
#textiletuesday #embroidery
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Sixteenth-century wills and material culture in the news!
BREAKING: A "smoking gun" has been found in the Princes in the Tower case
The first trace of the boys' possessions has been found
Edward V's chain has turned up in a 16th century will
And it belonged to the sister-in-law of one of his alleged killers #history
www.thetimes.com/article/0a66...
The first trace of the boys' possessions has been found
Edward V's chain has turned up in a 16th century will
And it belonged to the sister-in-law of one of his alleged killers #history
www.thetimes.com/article/0a66...
Princes in the Tower: significant find adds to murder theory
A newly discovered will links a gold chain belonging to Edward V to one of his alleged killers
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Sixteenth-century wills and material culture in the news!