There are several images of working women in the DaCosta Hours who are
wearing the short sleeve/protective sleeve combo. Here they are:
http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/work/index.html
And as Suzi added, quite a few late 15th century versions of short
sleeved gowns. Here are some (scroll down to the "kirtle" section). I
notice this has become a very popular look in SCA/Ren Faire circles.
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/
I agree with you about that multi-panel skirt--fascinating! Here's a bit
of a close-up:
http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/15th/weyden2.jpg
(A couple examples of the odd hat as well.)
Though I don't have scans of them, there are a couple non-Italian 15th
cent. depictions of women in sleeveless gowns. One was either
Netherlandish or German--a woman attending the birth of the Virgin
Mary--but I'll have to go look it up.
- Hope
Kimiko wrote:
Hmmmm... maybe I am putting 2+3 and getting 7 here, but could this
image below be an example of a short sleeved kirtle with an attached
sleeve?
Suzi Clarke added:
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michele/index.html
> And there are several short sleeved garments in paintings by Rogier van
der Weyden, c. 1450, one of which clearly shows the pin holding the
sleeve on, although this may actually be from the shoulder strap.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/weyden/magdalen.jpg
The Descent from the Cross (huge, in the Prado in Madrid. She is wearing
what looks like a gown made from oblongs of wool - quite fascinating- I
spent ages in front of it and still haven't worked it out!). (Also
called the Deposition from the Cross)
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/weyden/decent.jpg
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