Somewhere I have information on the wardrobe of Juana "the Mad"
(Katherine of Aragon's sister) . . . she wore drawers.
Fran
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I'm neew to this list and have enjoyed learning a lot of
different things. I do recreating the 1500's. I didn't
realize that they had split drawers in the 16th cen. Do you
have any historical evidence that they had them in the
nobility class in the midto late 1500's, and what they were
made of? I would appreciate any information. Lynn
I'm not an expert on split drawers, but I believe the surviving examples in the 1500s
are all Italian (and all decidedly upper-class). They are discussed in either _Moda a
Firenze_ or _Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd_ (I'm away from my library so I
can't check, sorry! It may be discussed in both...). Another place to look is the
Realm of Venus>Library>Drawers - Brache or Calze:
The article is: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/library/drawers.htm
Pictures of extant drawers (not all with split legs):
http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/library/extdraw.htm
http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/library/extdraw1.htm
http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/library/extdraw2.htm
A while ago, I thought someone from this list went to the Met in NY to look at
extant 16th cent. Italian chemises and drawers, but I no longer remember
_who_...
Hope that helps,
-sunny
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