Is it possible that the lines are woven into the fabric? After all, her sleeve fabric has very elaborate flowered scroll designs.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:35 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] short sleeved kirtle {was Princess Elizabeth} Quoting Hope Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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 I've always liked that one. Looks like it was made from The Remnant Bag [funny, how all the pieces look alike instead of "patchwork!" :-)] It would be an interesting exercise to do some math on that painting and come up with a size for those little trapezoids! Let's see, there's 2.5 from her waist to her knee so that puts them in the 6-8" tall range. Reckon that this skirt *was* produced from the cabbage? > > 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. > You'll have to let us know what the paintings are when you get the information -- they may be online somewher! Susan ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
