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[edit] A painting
I just stumbled across this 1632 painting and put it in the commons. I love it. Now what shall we do with it? - PKM (talk) 17:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Added to Jerkin (garment) for starters. - PKM (talk) 18:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] A request
Hey, there! I notice that you've done excellent diagrams, like the one of the yarn twist, and wondered if you might be able to do more. Willow has added a bunch of wonderful photographs illustrating different stitches and things to Knitting, but I think that drawings may be more appropriate and a little less messy. Do you think you'd be up to doing a few to replace some of the photographs? I don't know how long they take you or anything, but I think it would be an excellent contribution to the article.
Thanks, and hope you had a great holiday season! – DroEsperanto(talk|contribs) 01:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Wallis_and_Edward2.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Wallis_and_Edward2.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] William Larkin
Calling on the group mind: I've started collecting images by William Larkin in the Commons (link right) preparatory to expanding the stub article. I am stumped by the image left. The source dubiously describes this image as "said to be Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex" (January 11, 1591 – 14 September 1646), which does not coincide with the date and age (1617 aged 36) of the sitter in the inscription. The attribution to Larkin seems questionable to me as the form of the inscription does not match other works by Larkin. Does anyone know this painting? Is the inscription a later restoration in a different hand for "age 26", which would fit? - PKM (talk) 19:58, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry - don't know it, but it hardly looks like a Larkin, & I'd wonder if it's English at all. Johnbod (talk) 22:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Many thanks...
Oh thank you so much PKM for identifying the Clouet portrait. I have had this copy for years and couldn't place the sitter, but it had to be the copy of an original and not something out of the (C19) artist's head. Long life to you! Nick Michael (talk) 08:32, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] William Larkin
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--BorgQueen (talk) 12:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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--Bookworm857158367 (talk) 20:40, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] FAC
Just a friendly note...the FA instructions have changed recently, and graphics for Done, etc are strongly discouraged. They make it more difficult for the people who promote the articles, so you might want to take those out of the Peake the elder FAC. Karanacs (talk) 04:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Textile Arts newsletter
Hello again, this month's textile arts newsletter highlights the expansion of top-importance knitting and good article candidacy for Palestinian costumes. We've had several more new articles appear at Template:Did you know and other exciting developments. Regards, DurovaCharge! 23:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Mallorn Journal.jpg)
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[edit] Cheers
It appears our old boy hath his sheriff's badge. Many thanks to you for all your help and inspired work!
When I started work on the article, I didn't think for a minute it would be featured material; but as you unfolded all those pictures, it gradually dawned on me we had something special on our hands. I've learned a lot in working on this article: for example that, with art, the secondary written sources are by no means the end of the matter; also that image information has to be as carefully and fully provided as the article text and must be considered an integral part of a page (so I have started imitating how you title, source, and describe images). It seems odd of us to spend this much much care over such an obscure artist when many of the greats have feeble articles: but, since hardly anyone will read the article, at least that means it will remain largely vandal-free and may survive for a long time in roughly the form we have given it. qp10qp (talk) 14:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Textile arts
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--BorgQueen (talk) 17:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] trim
If you have a moment, a version of this trimmed of the white space would be greatly appreciated! [1] Johnbod (talk) 22:40, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
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- Fantastic! Richard Burchett coming soon. Johnbod (talk) 18:28, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Henry Lyte
Seems to have been the herbalist - [2] or Lytes Cary Manor, and here. New to me I'm afraid. Johnbod (talk) 20:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] dyk
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-- do we have slip (knitting) to come? Victuallers (talk) 19:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Textile biographies
I fear that I am not the best person to help on this. Textile history is very much peropheral to my research at the moment. Some time ago, I was working on a book on mills, and was incorporating some research results into WP as I came across things that were not right in (or missing from) WP. There is much to be done and a limited time in which to do it. My main subjects are the history of the iron industry and local history in the area where I live; from these, I spread into transport history, economic history, water mills. I also dabble with issues relating to Christianity (being an evangelical), but that is more about eliminating trash and supporting the retention of certain articles that are legitimate but not mainstream. Peterkingiron (talk) 08:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Textile arts newsletter
Hi, the textile arts project had an exciting month in February: 7 featured pictures, 2 good articles, and 4 Did you know? entries. There's still time to join our featured portal drive. Our March newsletter has all the developments. Regards, DurovaCharge! 00:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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On 7 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Lyte (botanist), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--—Dark (talk) 10:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] POTD notification
Hi PKM,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Edward VI of England c. 1546.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 14, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-03-14. howcheng {chat} 01:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- P.S. If you could check the article Hunsdon House too, that would be excellent -- this American not knowing jack about British heraldry and whipping the article out in 15 minutes just so I could have the link to it from the POTD blurb. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 01:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- Congratulations! I've never had one of those, you will not be surprised to learn (given the basic crops I have to ask you to do). Johnbod (talk) 01:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sumptuary law
Hi, I notice you did a fair amount of editing on this article a while back. I've tagged it for the textile arts project and it looks very close to GA candidacy: 52 inline citations and a broad coverage of the subject. Mainly the prose needs some work and perhaps a few countries' entries could do with expansion. Since you've already done far more work than I have, would you like to pitch in and call it your own or perhaps conominate? Best regards, DurovaCharge! 09:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Steven Van Der Meulen
Oh dear, it looks like I need to find time to do Steven van der Meulen. This painting just surfaced at Sotheby's last fall; I had never seen it in color until a couple of weeks ago. - PKM (talk) 17:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Steven van der Meulen DYK
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--BorgQueen (talk) 03:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Troco
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--BorgQueen (talk) 16:44, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Elizabeth I by Steven van der Meulen
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[edit] Another FP candidate
I've nominated Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Madonna and Child Book of Kells. Comments appreciated. - PKM (talk) 20:51, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] William Morris
Thanks for your appreciation. I was astonished at the number of factual errors in the article, quite apart from the odd approach. Let's hope we can both work on more improvements - textiles is my weakest area, so your knowledge will add greatly. --mervyn (talk) 16:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 50s,60s,70s,80s,90s fashion
Will you work on these?--Hailey 03:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
They NEED a lot of work--Hailey 03:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I know. (sigh) It's very frustrating to do fashion articles for periods where there are so few public domain images. I may do the '50s and '60s one of these days. We'll see.... - PKM (talk) 06:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Portal:Textile Arts
A portal with which you were recently involved has become featured. You may view eventual comments at the discussion page. Well done. Regards, Rudget 13:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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--Royalbroil 00:38, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] pictures for quilting history
I made some pictures and put them on the quilting history page. Each picture illustrated what was made during different periods. They have now been taken down. Apparently I was supposed to do somethig to prove they were my pictures which I thought I'd done. The whole process is a maze to me. If someone could spell out each step I'd be willing to try putting them up again.
Since no one else is jumping in and adding information I will try to get past the 19th century with a couple more sections. I've been so busy I haven't even looked for a long time but it seems a shame we don't at least have some illustrations and a little more history.
Quiltpatch (talk) 02:04, 2 May 2008 (UTC) quiltpatch
Thanks so much. I think it all worked just fine. We will know if they stay up I guess.
Quiltpatch (talk) 04:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Val taps
I always intended to find some images but it was very difficult and the ones I eventually cobbled together are unsatisfactory. But they are wonderful to peer at: have you looked at the goings on on the island at Fontainebleau! And I really love the whale sketch, though it's too faint to show well as a thumb.
Are you interested in an article on Yellow starch? It's really socially interesting because it plummeted out of popularity after Anne Turner (she needs an article too) wore it (or did she?) at her execution for the Overbury murder. qp10qp (talk) 00:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think Turner was making her living from yellow starch; but it's a gloriously interesting subject in which it's hard to get to the truth. The notoriety of "yellow bands" in the 1650s came from the belief that Anne Turner had been hanged in November 1615 in a band and cuffs dyed with yellow starch. In 1618 James Howell wrote to his father that "Mistress Turner, the first inventress of yellow starch, was executed in a Cobweb Lawn Ruff of that colour at Tyburn; and with her I believe that yellow Starch, which so much disfigured our Nation, and rendered them so ridiculous and fantastic, will receive its Funeral". And Sir Simonds d’Ewes wrote: "Mrs Turner had first brought up that vain and foolish use of yellow starch, coming herself to her trial in a yellow band and cuffs; and therefore, when she was afterwards executed at Tyburn, the hangman had his band and cuffs of the same colour, which made many after that day of either sex to forbear the use of that colored starch, till it at last grew generally to be detested and disused". But John Castle’s letter written in the month of her execution mentions nothing of yellow starch and says on the contrary that Mrs Turner used the occasion like Mary Magdalene to turn her back on her sins and denounce "painted pride, lust, powdered hair, yellow bands, and all the rest of the wardrobe of court vanities". I think this latter is nearer to the truth, because Castle was at the execution.
- Apparently, yellow starch isn't mentioned in court laundry accounts after 1625. qp10qp (talk) 01:14, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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- Those pictures you link to are right on the money. Talking of Larkin, is his Frances Carr wearing it? Carr was the bosom chum of Turner: they both went to Simon Forman to get love potions/poisons, it seems. But Carr gets off because she is noble and Turner gets the chop. qp10qp (talk) 01:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bunting
Hello again! I noticed Wikipedia has no article on bunting, the decoration. I don't really know where to request it, so I figured I'd ask you request it somewhere, or if you're up to it, create it yourself. Cheers! -Oreo Priest talk 20:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Samite
Now DYK; thanks for your help, which I noticed too late to co-nom. Did you see the "new-portrait-shock-horror" at Talk:Elizabeth_I_of_England#Rare_portrait? We do need an article on E's portraits - one day. Johnbod (talk) 11:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks to you too
Thank-you for noticing, and the compliment. Creating all those red-linked articles in the lace template should keep off the streets for awhile, no? Loggie (talk) 20:00, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Scrots
Where is the picture? The discussion assumes the picture was taken specially for the book, which is extremely unlikely. It is almost certainly a library picture, and if placement in the Library catalogue does not constitute publication, the only way to find out the first publication is to ask the owning collection or picture library. Johnbod (talk) 02:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
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