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I'm trying to figure out how the wrist closure is constructed. I doubt
it is constructed like a modern suit jacket where the vent is lapped
then sewn in place with false buttonholes. Does it have lots of
buttons or just one? Is it laced? hooked? or completely closed & the
hand just slips in?
I guess i need a picture of a guy getting dressed, just before he
turns the lace cuffs back. Or perhaps a pic of a guy in a doublet
"shooting his cuffs" the way modern men in suits do.
The cut of mens clothes has a doublet from the time!
True. And she, Norah Waugh, never shows the cuff closure. I'll go
look thru Janet Arnold again. Thanks, Bjarne, you're a pal!
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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The V&A website has pictures of a white silk suit from about 1635 which
shows the button closures on the sleeves. They've also got an embroidered
linen doublet on display that clearly shows the buttons on the sleeves. I
believe there are closeups of both of these in Historic Costume in Detail,
but I don't have the book in front of me. I've also got scans of paintings
from the period clearly showing the sleeve details--Hal's The Laughing
Cavalier comes to mind right off-hand. They button/unbutton almost to the
elbow on the outside of the arm.
Melusine
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