>Alexandria Doyle wrote: >> Is that an embroidered jacket or one of the knit ones? The Boston MFA >> seems to have several in their collection. Dawn: >I remember it being white linen, woven and not knit. It was a late >1500's style, I don't remember too much else about it, other than all >the metallic embroidery. There may have been metal lace. I've been >searching the MFA website, but have not found it in the online >collection yet.
Sounds like the one shown in Fashion in Detail, 17th & 18thc, look for the polychrome embroidery jacket 1610 with the silver lace, silver spangles & silver braid p16. It's in the V&A not the MFA. Same book, a less fitted polychrome embroidery jacket on p24. Much more casual in fit & style. This latter one is what I would expect for a dressing jacket or a bed jacket, where the previous looks too fitted. I would expect the first in one in Fashion in Detail to be used as an "at home". Pure speculation. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
