Many thanks for all your help - Michaela, your
research is awesome and I /love/ your Spanish gown.
Wow. I forgot, also, that Bella had made a gown
similar to this one! What can I say, brain addled by
DIY and not enough sewing :-)
I think on balance I'll go on your recommendation to
make an 'under jerkin' bodice which I could leave off
if necessary, (since despite living in Scotland I get
freakishly hot. Too much yang or something.) plus
sleeves and a skirt, below an outer gown with shoulder
rolls and ruff.
I was looking closely at the sketch again and noticed
there are tiny gold bands going horizontlly around the
sleeves, just like the clearer oil portraits of the
time, which are hiding beneath what I thought were
lines to indicate shading. That will decide on the
type of fabric/embroidery I do on them at least.
Many thanks again, time for more research before I
bother the list about another imponderable.
Katherine
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