Hooks and eyes are a perfectly period closing for the 16th century- why wouldn't Francesco de Medici have a doublet that closed with hooks and eyes?
Karen Seamstrix On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:49:46 -0500 monica spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hooks and eyes? This is Francesco de Medici, Cosimo I de Medici and > Eleonora > de Toledo's oldest son. > Dame Catriona MacDuff > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Joan Jurancich > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:22 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Man's Doublet closure, was Re: [h-cost] Have you seen this > painting? > > > At 02:05 PM 12/30/2005, you wrote: > >Hi, > >I stumped over this stunning mans renaissance clothes. > >How is his doublet buttoned down the front. I only se 3 buttons at > >the top, where is the rest? > >Is it laced at the back? > > > >http://www.asn-ibk.ac.at/bildung/faecher/geschichte/maike/treffpunkt/abb 81a > .htm > > > >Bjarne > > My guess would be that the buttons are purely decorative and the > actual closure is by hooks and eyes. > > > Joan Jurancich > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
