De, Thank you. You pretty much summed up what I thought, though I still can't help think that the silk chiffons that I've used in the past were to mushy to look like that. I had been looking at the edge treatment last night and wondering if it would be enough to make a mushy chiffon behave as Le Brun portrayed it.
Silly to be so hung up on wanting to do it 'right', but I've loved it since the first time I saw it, regardless of its history. Laurie T. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of otsisto Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:41 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Fabric suggestions - Marie Antoinette 1786 portrait You are looking at possibly an ecru silk chiffon lined with white linen or cotton. The shoulder region is not a different material from the sleeve, it is the two layers only flat. The edges of the ruffles seem to have either bia tape, ribbon or possibly embroidered edge. http://www.lostcoasthistpatterns.com/chdrbyrohofa.html http://www.jennylafleur.com/diary/georgian07/chemise07.jpg http://www.jennylafleur.com/diary/georgian07/chemise05.jpg http://www.jennylafleur.com/diary/georgian07/chemise03.jpg This one is in cotton http://www3.fitnyc.edu/museum/Arbitersofstyle/chemise.dresses.htm Someone made it http://wearing-history.com/images/chemisedress.jpg De -----Original Message----- Hello, My mad scramble to get myself ready for Costume College left me with a new goal, but I'm very uncertain about fabric. I want to make this gown: http://www.ladyreading.net/marieantoinette/big/marie14a.jpg I know that there are other copies of this image on the web, but this was the first one I found just now. What fabric would you use for this? It is certainly semi-sheer, more so than voile. Silk chiffon would be too soft, silk organza possibly too stiff? I just can't decide. Laurie T. Phoenix _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
