On Saturday 19 January 2008, Heather Rose Jones wrote: > On Jan 19, 2008, at 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I love the huge wide belts with enormous buckles. I've never > > noticed them > > before...such wide ones [that orange quilted one in the 1st pic is > > fantastic!] > > and worn in this style with the end through the buckle and just > > hanging. I > > never really studied this region before. Is it just a regional > > thing? > > The first one looks more to me like gold brocading than quilting. > Compare the effect to gold-brocaded tablet weaving. (I'm not > suggesting I think the belt is tablet-woven -- although I suppose > that's one possibility -- just that the effect of the brocading > thread is similar.) I'm not convinced that the belt is either brocaded or quilted; it could be embossed leather. Interesting portrait--and a good illustration of how difficult it can be to tease costume information even out of art that was intended to be fairly representational. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."-- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
