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RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-21-2016 02:32 PM
1. Pasementries are decorative trims used in sewing. I want a point just for using and spelling that word!
2. They kicked me out of Old Capitol when I began whining and screaming like a liberal...
3. I wish I could put all the pieces together! I'm thinking, I'm thinking...
4. Not a dress???
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-21-2016 02:37 PM
Not a dress, but something a lady of the day would wear.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - wpbinzel - 12-21-2016 02:38 PM
Is it from Mary Todd Lincoln's shawl?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-21-2016 02:40 PM
Cape or shawl worn by Mary or Clara at Ford's?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-21-2016 02:41 PM
It is not from her shawl, Bill, but it was Mary Lincoln's.
It was at Ford's, Mary wore it and it's not a piece of cape, shawl or dress. Now that Mary's damn near naked, what's left???
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Susan Higginbotham - 12-21-2016 02:51 PM
Her bonnet veil?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-21-2016 03:00 PM
That's it, Susan! Auctioned off within the last decade, whoever has it has one of the only pieces that was in the box that night that is in private hands. Quite a piece to own.
Welcome to the scoreboard Susan! Laurie also gets a point for showing me, once again, that there are words yet to be learned long after school ended for me!
I'll update the score later. Nice job, folks.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-21-2016 03:03 PM
Wow, Susan, great work!!
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Susan Higginbotham - 12-21-2016 03:30 PM
Well, it was pretty well narrowed down for me!
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - wpbinzel - 12-21-2016 03:42 PM
Of course! Beaded pasementries on a bonnet veil. Actually, that was my very first thought, but I thought that to be too obvious of an answer.
(PS - "Beaded Pasementries on a Bonnet Veil" would be a great name for a rock band.)
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-21-2016 04:15 PM
Beaded pasementries also sounds like something you should probably go get a shot for, too, Bill. Laurie also knows what those pointy things on antique chairs as called. I'll give you another point if you dazzle us with more stuff only museum curators know, Laurie.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Gene C - 12-21-2016 04:43 PM
(12-21-2016 02:32 PM)L Verge Wrote: 2. They kicked me out of Old Capitol when I began whining and screaming like a liberal...
Congratulations!
You have just won a vintage bottle of Hillary Whine, made from sour grapes.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-21-2016 05:14 PM
(12-21-2016 04:15 PM)J. Beckert Wrote: Beaded pasementries also sounds like something you should probably go get a shot for, too, Bill. Laurie also knows what those pointy things on antique chairs as called. I'll give you another point if you dazzle us with more stuff only museum curators know, Laurie.
I'll throw these out as a Christmas assignment when all the fa-la-la has finally gotten on your last nerve:
These are all terms that apply to objects in the holdings at Surratt House...
1. eglomise (add accent over final "e")
2. mercury glass
3. ogee curve (as applied to architecture)
4. compote
5. cup plate
6. melodeon
7. hip tub
8. kraut stomper
9. furniture rail
10. newel post (I'm amazed at how many of our visitors don't know what this is!)
11. bertha
12. Swiss girdle
13. larder
14. demijohn
15. fractional currency
16. miser's purse
17. chatelaine
18. transferware
19. waste bowl
20. caster set
(12-21-2016 04:43 PM)Gene C Wrote:(12-21-2016 02:32 PM)L Verge Wrote: 2. They kicked me out of Old Capitol when I began whining and screaming like a liberal...
Congratulations!
You have just won a vintage bottle of Hillary Whine, made from sour grapes.
Best pun I've heard yet! Thanks, Gene.
Here's an easy question appropriate to the season: What is a Christmas Kugel?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - wpbinzel - 12-21-2016 07:22 PM
(12-21-2016 04:15 PM)J. Beckert Wrote: Beaded pasementries also sounds like something you should probably go get a shot for, too, Bill.
I'm afraid to google "beaded pasementries." The websites that pop up can't be good....
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-21-2016 07:43 PM
These are all terms that apply to objects in the holdings at Surratt House...
1. eglomise (add accent over final "e")
2. mercury glass
3. ogee curve (as applied to architecture)
4. compote
5. cup plate
6. melodeon
7. hip tub
8. kraut stomper
9. furniture rail
10. newel post (I'm amazed at how many of our visitors don't know what this is!)
11. bertha
12. Swiss girdle
13. larder
14. demijohn
15. fractional currency
16. miser's purse
17. chatelaine
18. transferware
19. waste bowl
20. caster set
#8 sounds like what we have when someone beats Eva in her "Stump the German" category....
Here's the tally, as I see it.
Roger 10
Thomas 6
Laurie 5
Me 5
Dave 4
Susan 1