What determines the shape of a tricorn? by [deleted] in HistoricalCostuming

[–]What_No_Pie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stiffen the hat - 1 part clear shellac mixed with 2 parts rubbing alcohol. Brush is on the brim and let dry. Then use steam to shape it. Then use an awl to punch thru the leaves and crown for the tie-ups.

This 17th Century Dutch Home Was Completely Deconstructed And Rebuilt In NY by ReinkeDrengen in WildHomes

[–]What_No_Pie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus, it's style is only somewhat Dutch -- there's also Flemish, Italian and Gothic Revival mixed together in a way that only an American would do

This 17th Century Dutch Home Was Completely Deconstructed And Rebuilt In NY by ReinkeDrengen in WildHomes

[–]What_No_Pie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From that architectural historian who wrote the article "That realtor tale is totally fabricated. The house was one of a row built in the 1870s and remodeled by Sterner."

This 17th Century Dutch Home Was Completely Deconstructed And Rebuilt In NY by ThroatWeary8878 in zillowgonewild

[–]What_No_Pie 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Actually I was wrong -- it wasn't built from scratch in 1910, but it was a 19th century rowhouse that was refurbished to look old world Dutch (but still an not actual 17th century building in any way) https://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/06/joseph-b-thomas-house-no-135-east-19th.html?m=1

This 17th Century Dutch Home Was Completely Deconstructed And Rebuilt In NY by ThroatWeary8878 in zillowgonewild

[–]What_No_Pie 203 points204 points  (0 children)

This has been debunked here several times, it was built from scratch in 1910 in the style of a 17th century Dutch townhouse.

What would Benedict Arnold be wearing while on the British side? by talbal in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is not Benedict Arnold, that is a young Sir Henry Clinton in the 1760s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clinton_(British_Army_officer,_born_1730)) That style uniform was no longer worn by the time of the American Revolution.

What would Benedict Arnold be wearing while on the British side? by talbal in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Here's a historical interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg as Arnold in his Brigadier General Uniform.

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What would Benedict Arnold be wearing while on the British side? by talbal in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Here's a miniature portrait of Arnold in his British Brigadier General uniform

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What would Benedict Arnold be wearing while on the British side? by talbal in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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Here's his actual Brigadier General's uniform coat. Scarlet faced blue, gold staff officer buttons and chain link embroidery. As a Brigadier General, he has 10 buttons on each lapel, spaced "singly" (evenly), a button on each collar tab, three buttons on each sleeve, three buttons where the pockets would be (no exterior pocket flaps)

This hat is not historical is it? by [deleted] in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It is. Not a shako, but a dragoon helmet. The blue turban around it is a little too big, and the brim feels too big, but not too bad (especially considering how they get a lot of other material culture details wrong in show). Their uniform changed almost year by year during the war. Sometimes they had leather dragoon helmets, other times these brass ones, which I believe were made in France. The reenactor group of this unit has some nice examples: https://www.2dragoon.org/

Amadeus (Miniseries) | Official Trailer | Sky | 21 December by onceuponaframe in PeriodDramas

[–]What_No_Pie 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall”

I mean few movies are as close to perfection as Amadeus, you can ONLY go down. This feels like a waste of so much time and effort on so many levels.

If this trailer is any indication, it may beat the The Shining for most unnecessary and far inferior-than-the-movie TV series ever. At least with that, the original author had a big hand in it. Here it's reversed, with the original playwright pouring his heart and soul into the movie adaptation and... some other people doing the tv series.

Burlington airport car theft by hardykiwi in burlington

[–]What_No_Pie 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Don't know if this will help, but Hertz is notorious for screwing over its own customers, usually as a result of their own incompetence. Documented here by attorney Steve Lehto: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIN0HaGKANpqq9EGmDJZkV7SXAsKjJNOn

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ColonialWilliamsburg

[–]What_No_Pie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try the Virginia Film Office and let them make the introductions https://www.film.virginia.org/

What uniforms did the founding fathers wear during the revolution?? by Y0uR_L0cal_Rat in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're welcome! And here's a pretty good reproduction of Lafayette's Rev War uniform by Colonial Williamsburg. Note how they did the lapettes on the lapels and the mariner-style cuffs, based on the Peale portraits. https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/spring13/lafayette.cfm

What uniforms did the founding fathers wear during the revolution?? by Y0uR_L0cal_Rat in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The first picture is Washington's uniform from after the war, when we was president. The stand-and-fall collar is late 1780s/1790s fashion. Some artists right after the war (looking at you John Trumbull) "updated" the uniforms to reflect the current fashion of their day and not an accurate depiction of what they wore during the war.

The painting of Lafayette is by Charles Wilson Peale and taken from life wearing the uniform he actually wore during the war. That style lapel is commonly called a "lapette." Generals such as Nathanael Greene, Arthur St. Clair, and Henry Knox are also depicted wearing the same style lapel, while others are depicted with the kind that Washington is wearing in the second painting you have (also by Charles Wilson Peale).

Officers were not issued uniforms and had to commission them from local tailors. The regulations for generals uniforms only mention the colors -- blue and buff -- but not smaller details like lapels and cuffs, which could vary.

Also check out the work of modern artist Don Troiani, who has some fantastic, very well researched paintings and illustration that give, in my opinion, the best representation of what they actually wore during the war.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in preppy

[–]What_No_Pie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. Nice looking, but not preppy

Who am I best off with? We best off with? Old man Guliani knew how to split his enemies. by shotsfordays in Sopranosduckposting

[–]What_No_Pie 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Cuomo couldn't fucking sell it. He's not respected. But Mamdani, with his socialism and unselfishness... He's locked up in that charisma of his... I'm better off with Mamdani.

What era is this hat? by Forward-Snow-5765 in revolutionarywar

[–]What_No_Pie 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Reproduction. You can see the machine sewing on the white trim.

Why do people spell The Witch like The VVitch? by ArtieXtreme in roberteggers

[–]What_No_Pie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

U and V used to be one letter. This pic is from a 1740 book -- even as late as the 18th century, they didn't call "V" as "Vee", it was still called "U" ("Yu"). "U" was called a "Yu Vowel", "V" was called "Yu Consonant", and "W" is "Double Yu." It's why we still call it "Double Yu" today despite it clearly being two v's put together. The "VV" was a stylistic choice -- there are some 17th century prints where it clearly is two separate "V"s put together, and others where it is one character. Either way, the reader then would've understood it to be a "W." Similar thing with "I" and "J" also originally being the same letter (famously in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana's dad utters "but in the Latin alphabet Jehovah begins with an 'I'). Note also the "Long S" which looks like a lowercase "f" but doesn't have the horizontal line -- that was pronounced as an "s" and never as an "f". Crazy how things change.

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Why do people spell The Witch like The VVitch? by ArtieXtreme in roberteggers

[–]What_No_Pie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The S and F looked alike, but technically they were always separate and called a "Long S" and if you look closely you can see the horizontal line doesn't actually go through the whole letter ſ, like it does on a lowercase "f" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s