That's why stuff like that is only worn by a queen
with gold coming in from the Indies! It's a lot of
gold wire as well as a lot of work. It must have
weighed a ton, even in silk. Imagine in gold work!
Wow.
And of course, though someone else *might* have been
able to afford it, who would dare to wear it,
sumptuarily speaking. It does rather look like gold
embroidery, doesn't. Wow again.
Oh and that green/salmon? I'd have bought it. And it
would probably still be in the trunk... but I could
think about it. :-)
MaggiRos
--- E House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wow, that really does look like goldwork, in the
> closeup of the skirt
> recently posted. Having done a wee bit of that
> myself, the mind boggles at
> the amount of time it would take to do that much of
> it! Though it would
> take even longer to embroider it in silks.
>
> Even though I'm not particularly interested in this
> time period/style, I did
> have to fight off a strong temptation to make this
> dress a year or two ago,
> because there was a large hunk of fabric for sale on
> eBay that was almost
> exactly like what's seen here--except it was pale
> apple green/salmon instead
> of gold/salmon. That was the only thing that
> stopped me from at least
> buying it and hoarding it until my taste in time
> periods changed yet again.
>
> Still kind of wish I had... the thing was up for
> sale for months and months.
>
Reading:
[lunchtime at work] The Pirate Wars, Peter Earle
[bedside] The Dresden Files, (all of them), Jim Butcher
[about to finish] Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers
[CD in the car] The silver Chair, C.S. Lewis
Just finished: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
~Fog is just a cloud that lacks the will to fly.
Bill Bryson, A Short History of Practically Everything
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