On Jan 3, 2007, at 7:24 AM, Sue Clemenger wrote:
A beaded/netted overgown? How cool is that? ;o) I hadn't heard of that
intriguing garment, so thanks to you and the other poster who
mentioned it.
I can see now why the designers of AlbertCat's movie might have
tried to
imitate it.
--Sue
Yeah, it's incredibly cool. (The same sort of technique seems to
have been used for beaded-net sarcophagus covers that would include a
facial portrait of the deceased.) I had fun making one for my
"ancient Egyptian doll" -- see <http://www.heatherrosejones.com/
digthatdoll/egyptianwoman.html>. It's about 2/3 of the way down the
page. (The doll is about 10" tall.)
Heather
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 5:00 AM, Sue Clemenger wrote:
Not if what she was wearing was obviously knitted. That's a
humongous
boo-boo, right there. Also, the color of the gown sounds really
wrong--is
there any evidence of linens being dyed in Egypt at that time?
--Sue
From the description, it sounds like it might have been inspired by
a surviving Egyptian "bead net" dress -- a very open network made of
threaded beads. The one I'm thinking of is basically a tubular
sheath with shoulder straps and at the bottom hem it has a "fringe"
of dangling flower-shaped beads. _Might_ -- I'd have to see the
original to know if the suspicion holds up. There's a rather dark
photograph of the item I'm thinking of about halfway down the page
at:
http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/sexuality.html
Heather
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