At 21:54 17/02/2006, you wrote:
Hi all --
This is for my pirate costume again. What did chemises look like in
the 1690s? Were they any different from the Elizabethan ones?
Thanks!
Tea Rose
There is a pattern for a 17th century Italian chemise in the booklet
"Cut my Cote" by Dorothy K. Burnham. It is much, much fuller than the
Elizabethan/early Stuart chemises I saw at the Museum of London, and
the one that Janet Arnold patterns in Waffen und Kostumkunde. It is
similar to those very full ones shown in many 16th and 17th century
paintings, where the ladies are dresses in chemises that fall off
their shoulders.
Suzi
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