Thread Talk | Rhapsody in Blue

1 – Welcome to #ThreadTalk! Today we’re talking #fashionhistory with a Rhapsody in Blue! Nature’s rarest color.Of course, the sky isn’t blue. That’s Rayleigh scattering. 🔹Rare as it is, humans have still been wearing blue a long time. (Below: 1858 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

— Natania Barron (@natania.bsky.social) 2024-11-26T01:01:25.415Z

Bibliography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isatis_tinctoria

https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-researcher-identifies-oldest-textile-dyed-indigo#:~:text=The indigo-blue cloth found,to be 6%2C200 years old.&text=If it weren’t for,jeans as a wardrobe staple.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/17/colour-blue-rich-divine-ancient-egyptians-virgin-mary

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4255151?searchText=blue+dye&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dblue%2Bdye%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A90e7d5ec7ef715158152fdf9ff9d6eff

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24097672?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/277679?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1f8853c.12?searchText=blue+pigment&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dblue%2Bpigment%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A9a9dda4b3dcc2dc4a078b1b95c09a7de

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24760385?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42616178?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Blue gauntlets – 1690–1710

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157532

Robe a la francais – 1765

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83094

Corset – 1770

https://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/48635/corset?ctx=6e39d3035e674c37cd695909636d7d827cbb650d&idx=21

Man’s pants – 1840

https://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/96500/mans-pants?ctx=f75ca6631e0bd3e5911dfb111747e42cf33958c7&idx=68

Women’s jacket – 1850

https://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/97239/jacket?ctx=15129086ecc433eb395bd34f50762b53243ce21e&idx=80

1400-1500 – Towel

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O15355/towel-unknown

late 14th century | Tartan Velvet

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109657/textile-fragment-unknown

Mantle – Spanish – 1804-07

https://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/80029364?img=0

Suit – French – 1740s

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/84428

Banyan – Chinese – 1760 – 1770

https://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/80077351?img=1

Blue silk brocade bodice – 1750 – 1770

https://augusta-auction.com/list-of-past-auctions-by-date/auction?view=lot&id=10611&auction_file_id=22

Women’s working clothes – late 19th century – China

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/8048/womans-domestic-semiformal-robe-pao?ctx=5e0f233a-8cd8-4690-8857-80b90105af3b&idx=5

Women’s tunic – 19th century

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/73417/womans-tunic?ctx=d91a2cda-827a-4ed3-88fc-2683c9f4eb52&idx=347

Child’s tunic with ducks – 6th century Egypt

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/70038/childs-tunic-with-ducks?ctx=47c0b6b8-1b7f-4bf8-802e-9c03ce625140&idx=51

1869 Daydress

Day Dress

1881 – Loesser Gown

https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/158972?&imgNo=1&tabName=gallery-label

1881 – Velvet Dress

https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/dress-58

Wadded Coat – Netherlands – 1820

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-16000

Aniline Blue Dress – 1910

https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/dress-25

1868 Dress –

https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/dress-30