You might find this link useful. You can enlarge/decrease the picture by
clicking on the + and - symbols, and move around the picture to see
details by clicking on the arrows. It's a lovely, clear picture.
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?searchText=elizabeth&object=404444&row=4&detail=magnify
Hope this helps.
Joannah
Thanks for sharing that link Joannah. It definitely helped me.
<<--- "Becky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you for the description. I still wonder how the sleeves are attached.
There is no strap showing. >>
You know, I have pondered that very question for some time. I understand
the kirtle being underneath and the jewels perhaps being attached to it.
But some of the images from that time frame, and earlier, show very wide
shoulder areas with no apparent strap. Makes me wonder if the undergarments
do or do not have straps, and if the outer gown sleeves are simply pinned
onto an undergarment, like the kirtle top, and are joined to the gown body
at the side area, and hangs from the tightly fitted sleeve top?
I also see that the gown is piped or bound, as there are definite red lines
along the bottom of the jewels, and along the edge of the turned back
sleeves near the shoulder.
And is it my monitor, or does that red/pink dress have a golden sheen in
various areas of the brocade, as if it was an iridescent fabric? I am
seeing it at the center front of the body, below the jewel piece, and on
the turn back sleeves near the undersleeve. There's even streaks of gold
along the edge of the skirt near the front opening.
Kimiko
Kimiko Small
http://www.kimiko1.com
Fresno, CA, USA
"Lady of the Wardrobe" for Isle of Mann Guild
Portraying at California's Central Valley Renaissance Faires
Lady Clifford, Countess of Cumberland
(Margaret Percy, Eleanor Brandon, or Margaret Russell)
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