Boy, those are really narrow stripes, aren't they? I've never seen such a nice, large image of this painting before, so I've never noticed them. I've seen stripes show up occasionally in other Italian dresses in the 16th century, and even earlier, so they're definitely not unknown, and not all are allegorical. The ones I'm able to recall this a.m., though, were all wider, and looked almost pieced (solid areas of contrasting color, and not especially patterned), but then, I'm just an Italian dabbler, and by no means an expert. Style-wise, I couldn't tell you...you might be able to cross-reference the painting with the nationality of the painter and the region in which it was painted, and come up with some similar examples. There was so very much going on in Italy during this time period, politically and economically and culturally, that it's hard to say what was and wasn't "foreign," especially since Italy was still a collection of city-states and not a single "Italy" until much, much later. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: [h-cost] striped skirt > > _http://www.renaissancewoman.net/realmofvenus/wardrobe/Dance1565.jpg_ > (http://www.renaissancewoman.net/realmofvenus/wardrobe/Dance1565.jpg) > Just an idle question here -- in the image above, the woman with her back > turned to us has a skirt that appears to be striped. Would this be a brocaded or > patterned fabric of some sort, or an embellishment like embroidery or > couching? Or is it artistic license? I haven't seen a skirt like that on a > realistic 16th century person before (only allegorical or "foreigners"), but then > these seem to be Italians, and I don't do Italian (not yet, anyway). > > Tea Rose _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
