My costume book, Lucy Barton's "Historic Costume fro the Stage", calls this a bolster type farthingale. There is also a drawing on the same page of a cart wheel farthingale. She uses drawings, many of actual paintings, to illustrate the book. We wear hoops to give the correct silhouette, but also use a bumroll to get the "shelf" at the sides and back (but not the front), for gowns of the 1570's or so.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Walpole Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:59 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] looking for pictures of bum rolls ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon at Collierfam.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] looking for pictures of bum rolls >I wear a bumroll with my Ren Faire costume and it doesn't stick out as far > as in that painting. Also, the style of the clothing (especially the very > long pointed fronts) is from the late 1500's, when wheel farthingales were > worn. Bumrolls, worn alone, were earlier. > but if you made one as large as this http://www.geocities.com/technically_naked/grueso8.jpg it would stick out that far. What is your evidence for bumrolls worn alone prior to last decade or two of the 16th century? Prior to the fashion for the 'body on a platter' look a set of petticoats or a Spanish Farthingale would be all the skirt support I would suspect. Elizabeth -------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/ _______________________________________________ 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
