I have studied this painting a bit in the past, though I have never seen the original which would help in trying to determine materials. The breeches and jerkin are certainly made of the same material and I am not certain what that material is. It seems to be plush, but from copies in books it is hard to determine. I think it could be leather (probably a deerskin), wool or velvet. I made mine in wool. The sleeves are certainly NOT part of the jerkin, but part of the doublet. This is a very common period look which is for some reason rarely done today. I agree that the sleeves are made long and fitted tight at the wrists.
"I'm your huckleberry" Ron Carnegie r.carne...@verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Catherine Olanich Raymond Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:19 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Frobisher Garb On Wednesday 14 April 2010 4:55:21 pm Kimiko Small wrote: > Do you mean this one? > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Frobisher_by_Ketel.jpg > I wish it was a larger file to see the details better. > > It looks like the jerkin and possibly his breeches are in leather. But his > sleeves have a fabric look to them, and may be attached to a doublet of > the same fabric. The sleeves look to be extra long and pushed into doing > those gathers - I can't tell with an image this size. The sleeves also > look to be in 2 pieces. And just because you don't see an opening doesn't > mean there isn't some sort of opening that is unseen in the image to get > the hands through. I'm not sure what more help I can be, as sleeves are > not a strong point for me. Kimiko Small Frankly, they look like fabric to me, particularly the breeches, which look like velvet, but I could of course be wrong. -- Cathy Raymond <ca...@thyrsus.com> "No one can make as disastrous a bad choice as a smart person, because they sell it to themselves really well."--Tobias Buckell _______________________________________________ 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
