I don't think she's dead either. IF she were in rigor, no one would have been able to dress her in those clothes. If she had died just before, during or just after the wedding and died in her dress, the flowers would have been fresh. Her strange position and her feet off the floor could easily be explained by the fact that that sort of chair is too tall and deep for a small woman in a corset. I'm short and wouldn't look right in that chair either. I guess that's the only chair the photographer had in his studio or they wouldn't have used it. My two cent's worth is that either those are prop flowers or shecarefully kept parts of her bouquet and used them for this photo.
LynnD On 2/6/10, Liz Herman <[email protected]> wrote: > Couldn't say for sure... but I do notice that her pose is very "odd" for > the time. Generally speaking, you'd expect the bride to be sitting > upright, not slightly reclined. Also, you can clearly see her shoes - > not flat on the floor. I can't think of another picture with long > skirts that show the feet sticking out the front of the dress, with the > dress resting on them, rather than having the feet tucked back - where > you might see them slightly, but definitely behind the front of the > dress rather than at or slightly in front of the dress. > > Just my $.02 worth > -Liz > _______________________________________________ > 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
