My tuppence on this one is that it is a decorative, vestigial hanging sleeve. You can see something like it in Queen Elizabeth's Pelican portrait. I agree that it is fabric and not fur, but I don't think it's part of the skirt.
Karen Seamstrix On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:20:10 -0600 (CST) Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Robin Netherton wrote: > > > I'm 95% certain it's a zibellino ... > > Nope. Tawny points out that when you blow it up, you can see clearly > it's > fabric. I didn't see that on my browser, but when I saved and > enlarged the > image, I could see clearly that it loops up behind her hand, and you > can > see a little of the embellishment of the dress fabric in the front > of hte > fold. I think it's a fold of her skirt that she's lifting. > > --Robin > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
