>From what I can remember of the portrait as presently I am having problems with getting connected to that site. It seems like the connection is running like molasses. Also I am not quite sure what you are asking.
The gold band looks like a bracelet. In the same location you might be able to notice that 1. There isn't enough gathers in the cuff to create the white puffs that you see on the gold sleeve. 2. The spacing between the gold sleeve cuff and the chemise sleeve. I can only assume that the gold sleeve is made of two and a half or three layers. A lining, an outer fabric and the white material that is the poufs in between the two. One woman I knew who made Tudor dresses usually pinned her false sleeves (in this case the gold sleeves) onto her chemise sleeves at the crook of her arm. She had mentioned that there were problems with pinning the fs to the bell sleeves but did not elaborate on what the problem was. Congrats on your fabric find. De -----Original Message----- I wondered why one wrist had a gold line and a black one. SO you think the sleeves with the band are false sleeves? Do you think they are attached to the funnel sleeves instead of being the chemise sticking out? Why would they do that? I found a magnificent vintage velvet brocade on eBay. It looks very close to the sleeve and front fabric. I got 5.5m of it, too! I can't wait to get it. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
