I have seen in paintings where on one side of the gown the seam is not sewn together to expose the underskirt, sometime it appears that a purse is worn under the top skirt and the opening allows access. Mostly on "German" 1400s styles I have seen the side opening. I think that the gores of a different colour are feasible as many people of that era seemed to be frugal. Now maybe they would more likely to have done the "use every scrap" with the kid's outfits. Example of patchwork sleeves http://www.renaissancewoman.net/realmofvenus/wardrobe/Licinio1524.JPG But just observing the different styles found in Bergamo, the possibility of the different colour gores seems likely even for older women. Unfortunately there wasn't enough artist to paint every single dress of all the eras. :P De
-----Original Message----- Quoting otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > One of them was already brought forth and shot down which was the Donor in > the birth of Mary fresco. the red and white outfit Though I still think the > gold thingies are more of a tassel then a dag. > The other one I think I did not save the url because I think it was a Salome > character and I was not interested in the period at the time. It may have > been dags and not gores. So my apologies for not being able to produce the > picture to help in this matter. I usually save things for myself as I know > that I can not teach worth anything and my organizational skills only make > sense to me. > De That's ok. I've seen a couple too -- but not the birth of Mary fresco that's been under discussion. One of this *is* a piece of a mural (and I doubt if I could find it now if I tried!) but I can't tell if the woman's dress has contrasting gores up the side, or if it's a giorna (? -- you know the overdress like you see in Ghirlandaio's paintings) that's belted around the body. The ladies are in the background and IIRC they're seated. Thanks! 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
