Had a quick peek- looks like the blue front is a wide ribbon tracing an ascending "figure 8" path, with a bit of ease to make it look puffy, or maybe it is lightly stuffed after/as it is sewn down? Mostly a guess on my part- this dress is _so_ not my period. HTH, Betsy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:34 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] construction ? Quoting otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Anyone have an idea as to how the blue on the plastron is constructed? > Is it a section on material that has a wee bit of gather in the center and > clipped on the sides? > http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/l/p-liotard2.htm > You know it's *really* late when you look at that painting and the *first* thought that goes through your brain is, "Oh, look. She's wearing a Mickey Mouse Watch ....." *blink* going to bed now. 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
