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It might be lace. This sort of looks like a possibility http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/renaissance/lace/7.gif though it is not German. It is also 1598 so yes it's a far reach. :) -----Original Message----- > The hemd is painted to be very sheer and there looks to be something very sheer under the forearm I'm not sure that it is. It looks more like there was a belt originally that was painted over. The curve matches the way he painted them in other artworks. > but the angle of the white speckle could be pearlwork on a sheer material or > maybe the floral lace was made in this era. http://www.costumes.org/History/100pages/18THLACE.HTM http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/metabook/oilace.html That latter is just for Italian laces but it does have lots of extant examples. Cranach was churning these ladies out like nobodies business it seems because they were a good seller. This one is a particularly rushed job compared to some of his finer more carefully painted figures. Michaela http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
