Margo has a farthingale, bum roll, corsets, and a couple of shifts in the Underpinnings package. http://www.margospatterns.com/Products/ElizUndpn.html
MaggiRos Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 Available at your favorite online bookseller See our gallery at http://www.zazzle.com/popinjaypress On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 4:13 AM, Elizabeth Walpole < [email protected]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of otsisto > Sent: Monday, 15 June 2009 6:17 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Tudor Lady's Wardrobe Pattern, Now taking pre-orders! > > This pattern appears to be Early Tudor, pre 1550s. I had thought that the > farthingale came into play in England about the 1550s. The Spanish and some > Italian states had the farthingale in 1540s. . > Example of 1528-30 > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gablehood_front-back_c1535.jpg > There doesn't seem to be a farthingale. > > Anne of Brittany > http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/bilimoff/images/anne-de-bretagne.jpg > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Anne_de_bretagne.jpg > > Note: > Reconstructing History has a pattern for early and late Tudor > http://tinyurl.com/nnz7jo Note the figure on the right is wearing early > Tudor, similar to Margo's pattern. > > De > _______________________________________________ > I would say this pattern covers roughly the 1520s-1550s (in England, French > fashions were slightly different) I would be hesitant to use it for the > earlier 1490s-1510s period as I suspect the bodice was quite different not > just the sleeves (the neckline definitely looks very different) > Evidence for the farthingale is clear in portraits from the 1540s (end of > Henry VIII's reign) and 1550s (Edward VI and Mary I reigns) > E.g. Catherine Parr > http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/kparr.jpg<http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/tudor/kparr.jpg>(Henry > VIII's 6th wife) > Princess Elizabeth c.1545 > http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/kideliz.jpg<http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/tudor/kideliz.jpg> > And Queen Mary > http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/blackmary.jpg<http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/tudor/blackmary.jpg> > It may even have been around in the 1530s see Jane Seymour c.1536 > http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/redjane.jpg<http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/tudor/redjane.jpg>(the > skirt is laying very > smooth, which suggests some sort of support, but if it is a farthingale > it's > quite narrow) > Like I said a farthingale is necessary for court wear of the 1540s and > 1550s > Once you get into the 1560s and Elizabeth is on the throne this style of > dress largely disappears. > Elizabeth > ------------------------------- > Elizabeth Walpole > Canberra, Australia > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
