I'm doing some research on the german "Cranach" dress style. I would love
to hear thoughts, ideas, websites etc. for a. Bodice: attached or not,
There's one Cranach painting where the front edges of the dress don't quite
line up, as tho the front corners weren't attached to the skirt. But
there's another Cranach painting where someone like Lucretia is about to
stab herself, and the whole bodice seems to have peeled down to the waist.
b. is there a band of fabric from shoulder to shoulder at the back that is
edited out of most paintings (But is often seen in the German housebook
for example).
Not on a 'Cranach' dress; only on 'Durer' dresses.
c. closure in the side front?
Front, I think.
d. corset or no?
Whether or not there's an actual corset, there's some kind of body shaper
inside there.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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