On Apr 29, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 17:07 29/04/2007, you wrote:
Melanie,
What are the diaphanous....things....covering her lower sleeves?
Looks like the artist was going for a soap bubble effect or
something...
Laurie
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/UnknownLady50.jpg
They are probably cypress lawn oversleeves, sometimes seen on
portraits of this period.
Suzi
I agree. This representation is unusually extreme in its separation
of sleeve and oversleeve--most of the time, there's a fine layer
(sometimes with a faint pattern) just above the surface of the
sleeve, and it's almost impossible to see.
Melanie
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