> My daughter has chosen the portrait of young Princess Elizabeth for her > costume. It is the pink one, Flemish School 1546-1547. > Can anyone tell me what colors the sleeves and the front panel are? They > seem very pink to me. http://www.sapphireandsage.com/necklaces.html
I saw this painting in the National Portrait Gallery London several years ago and the main dress is reddish orange and the forepart and lower sleeves are gold velvet cutwork. > I can't tell if it has a round or pointed bodices. The bodice is pointed and the skirt is attached. The skirt is flat in front and has cartridge or knife pleats starting at the sides. It would have a full back skirt and probably a train. >What do you call these > kind of sleeves. Any suggestions of how to make of pattern for the > sleeves? I don't think the sleeves have a particular name other than maybe "tudor sleeves". The over sleeve (reddish orange) is a very large bell shape which was probably a revival of the medieval bell sleeves. They are then folded back and pinned on the upper arm. The lower sleeves (gold cutwork) are debated as to how they are made. My research found that they are a separate sleeve accent that probably ties to a ribbon on the inside of the bell sleeve. It can be a round-ish stuffed ball or a finished fancy fabric that folds over the arm and ties on the bottom. There is a different tudor portait that shows that there is a corner showing near the elbow. So it would seem that the sleeves do not extend all the way to the top of the arm. I can send you a picture of my lower sleeves and whole tudor outfit if you want to e-mail me privately. Hope that helps! Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net "Everything for the Costumer" "Become the change you want to see in the world." --Ghandi _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
