> <<My Renaissance dress is similar to this one: > "Elisabeth von Valois" Alonso Sanchez Coello, 1565 > http://www.mauritia.de/de/renaissance/elisabethvalois.html >> > I have a photo of a great picture of this, the bodice is *not* divided up > the front. It is much like other bodices that probably have a "stomacher" > front with a divided skirt.
http://glittersweet.com/DSCN9267.JPG OK, so I uploaded it already The v left between the bands of embreoidery at the centre front is a little odd, but you can clearly see the satin beneath is not seamed at all nor is the horizontal band across the top interupted. This is more usual in French bodices of this time (compare to other Clouet paintings. Oh, I just noticed the wires through the pearls in her parure. Very cool. I also found a great reproduction of the portrait of Eleanora di Toledo in pink, you can easily see her partlet and how the braid used on it was used for her hair (though possibly a wider one in the hair net) and was overlaid with a black ribbon for the partlet. michaela de bruce http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/235 - Release Date: 19/01/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
