If it were me, I'd be doing the camicia embroidery in gold, since the original looks to be gold. The colors of the gown look to me to be a gold and a darker gold (brown? black?) pattern, so gold would work nicely with the original fabric. With your possible gown fabric? Hmmm....dunno. Probably still do it in gold, but carefully choosing a "shade" of gold thread that best went with the mustard tones of the fabric. Or just *possibly* doing it in blue--I don't know of any extant camicia (or Italian portraits) that show blue embroidery (at least, not this early on a snowy morning), but there *IS* that boy's shirt from slightly earlier in the 16th century, which is now in theV&A. --Sue, looking forward to an unexpectedly quiet weekend--perfect for sewing on her new outfit (10th century Norse...decided to do it by hand ;o)
----- Original Message ----- From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historic Costume" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:54 PM Subject: [h-cost] need some input > I found some material that comes close in pattern but not in color to the > Bianca Anguissola portrait in a yellow dress. > The color is a shot(?) blue and dull mustard material. The lines of the > plaid are blue and the background is a blend of the two colors > > http://www.nelepets.com/art/artists/a/Anguissola-c-09.htm > > I was wondering, if you were going to make an outfit based on this portrait, > what color would you have the embroidery on the camicia? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
