I am putting together a gown in the style Eleanora de Toledo's burial gown. The fabric I am using is a once ivory embroidered silk. The color is a lovely cranberry/claret color. The embroidery didn't take much if any of the dye so I have a scrolling vine/flower in a nearly white on the cranberry/clart back grown. I suspected this would happen, since I didn't think the embroidery was done in silk, or any other natural fiber. This I can live with.
My question is in regards to the trim/guards for the gown. In the same dye bath I put in a yard or so of an off white silk that I can make a matching trim. There's no embroidery on this silk and I intend to add whatever decoration that it needs, embroidery, pearls, gold beads, etc. I'm just not sure this is the right color for the trim/guard since it's so close to the main fabric. I wonder if some black velveteen might work, but with the white embroidery on the body of the gown? Maybe a white velveteen? Has anyone seen a white color used as trim/guards on Floretine fashions on the mid 16th century? I'm estimating about ten to twelve yards of trim, so unless I can find some three-to four inch wide trim really inexpensive, I was planning to make the trim. alex -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
