As I recall, the general consensus is that this raglan-style is not supported by current research. If you want a more documentable pattern, go with this one:
<http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/chemise.html> As her notes say, this pattern was taken from the book "Cut My Cote" which (as I recall) itself took the pattern from a surviving garment. People have used this pattern for years, and I would say it does result in a garment that looks a lot like your example painting. Refer also to Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 4 for tips on how to accomplish the gathering. Gathering, back in their day, is a lot more like super-fine cartridge pleating. That's really just how it turns out when you do gathering stitches by hand (it doesn't have to, but it sure looks good that way). I think you mentioned that you have fabric, but I will note: to best approximate this look, you'll benefit from fabric with a super soft hand. This: <http://www.renaissancefabrics.net/cgi-bin/showAll.cgi?id=286&category=Cotton%20Fabric&fabric=53> might do the job. A pure silk voile might even be better, but I don't know where to find such fabric. Claudine ----- Original Message ---- > From: Laurie Taylor <[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 11:53:55 AM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Chemise pattern > <snipped> > Pattern-wise, I'm leaning towards the pattern shown on both of these links. > It should be close enough to the chemise in the image that started all this, > at least for my purposes. If I were going to produce my own fiber, spin and > weave it, I'd be more concerned about exactly how the image chemise was > made, but this will do. > > http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cheminst.html > > http://www.reddawn.net/costume/chemise.htm > > http://exhibits.denverartmuseum.org/artisansandkings/?page_id=23 > > Any other thoughts on the pattern most welcome. > > Laurie T. > <snipped> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
