De,
I'm afraid we must agree to disagree. To my eyes this is definitely
slashing or embroidery meant to look like slashing. If you look at
other depictions of slashing, you'll see the same look--lines that are
heavier in the middle, narrower on the ends, and not connected:
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/UnknownMan11.jpg
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/EdwardHoby1.jpg
Also, sleeves of strapwork (or even lattice smocking, should it turn out
to have existed) are one thing, but a whole skirt of it seems less
plausible.
If you look at depictions of strapwork, on the other hand, you see a
completely different look. The lines for the edges of the straps are
even in thickness and connect to the next perpendicular strap so that
it's clear they're passing over and under each other:
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/UnknownMan2.jpg
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/Elizabeth4.jpg (side of the bodice)
Melanie Schuessler
otsisto wrote:
If you look at the dress it is not slashing. It could be strips of velvet
woven together but I am more inclined to believe that it is lattice work.
The embroidery (or small pinking) and the spangles are emphisizing the the
woven look.
http://www.savvyseams.com/techniques/canadian.php
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/Elizabeth12.jpg
Please compare the first picture to the portrait's sleeve.
I know that there are two other portraits out there that show the sleeves to
have what looks like lattice work but I can't seem to remember which
portraits, one was "Italian".
De
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