I have this one in a book http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Fitzgerald,Elizabeth(CLincoln)02.jpg or http://tinyurl.com/2bgs3s
I'm pretty sure the silver "braiding" on the bodice is embroidery. Is that the kind of thing your dancer wants to do? I wish I could find a clearer copy online. The red (red!) partlet is amazing: embroidered with gold and pearls. The cap matches it exactly, although this reproduction is too muddy to really tell. MaggiRos --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear List > > I have just been asked by a dancer in our historical > dance group if > she can embroider the front of her bodice of her > 1580s Elizabethan > Gown, upper class. I don't have any images of this > happening, but > don't want to say 'no' without checking first. > Are you in agreement with me? She wants to do normal > embroidery, not > blackwork - which I would have recommended for > sleeves and partlet > first. > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
