Do you have any ideas on the ruching effect in the cuff area? Is it perhaps just a long fore arm pushed up?
Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- --- On Wed, 4/14/10, Maggie <maggi...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Maggie <maggi...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Frobisher Garb > To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> > Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 3:43 PM > The sleeves certainly have wrist > openings, but both hands are painted wrist > down, so you can't see them. They're there, I an assure > you, on the inside > of the wrist. At the top, they're lightly gathered > into the armhole of the > doublet underneath the leather jerkin. > > There's a pretty good image here > http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Frobisher,Martin(Sir)01.jpg > > > 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 Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:14 PM, REBECCA BURCH > <ctrvlyf...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > > > I am, once again, making a Frobisher suit for Ansel to > wear at Bristol. > > This time I want to approximate the outfit Sir Martin > is wearing in the only > > full length portrait of him that I have seen. I need > some input though on > > the jerkin he is wearing. I think that it looks to be > made of leather, but I > > have no concept of how to make the sleeves gather like > that. Or how you > > would get hands through such a tight sleeve with no > visible opening. Any > > guidance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > I have tried to included a link to the portrait, but > can't seem to get it > > to work. > > > > Rebecca Burch > > Center Valley Farm > > Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA > > > > The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones > between the flat folds > > and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
