>> Caravaggio's "The Fortune Teller" now in the Louvre. Both my >>copy & the original are mustard gold velvet with the chocolate >>brown racing stripes and those huge balloon sleeves. At the >>cuff, which cant be seen well in my Louvre catalog, is the closure >>on the outside if the wrist, inside of the wrist or no closure at all? >>Is there a lapped vent as in 18th c manswear or is it just abutted >>as in the 16th c menswear. >Most of the doublets I've seen seem to be a sort of cross between the two: >the closure laps, but it's not quite the fully developed vent of the later >coats. It's pretty hard to explain, but easy to do and seems to work well. >Melusine
>Abraham Bossé the fashion illustrator has made a print of La Gallerie du >Pallais showing ready made cuffs and collars exhibitted in a gallanterie >shop. The Cuffs are open, and i believe they were pinned in place. >Bjarne Thanks to you both for speedy replies! I'll search for M Bossé's illustrations. Can either of you show me a picture or point me to a extant doublet, book, painting or drawing? Naomi Tarrant doesnt show it, either tho she goes into great detail about other parts of 1630s construction. Grrrr. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
