At 19:42 16/03/2006, you wrote:
Ladies & Gents, A quick question, I'm copying the doublet worn by the dashing gent in 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. Norah Waugh doesnt go into this detail. Thanks for the help,
This might be of interest. I took it at an exhibition of either Franz Hals paintings, or Rembrandt, several years ago. (Hals form the position of the hand!!)
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