She is wearing a corset. The cone shape is the shape that corsets were in the 1700's. Unlike Victorian corsets, which nipped in the waist and created a curvy shape, the ideal look at this time was a cone shape. Tudor and Elizabethan corsets also created the cone shape. To see a modern version and how it was worn, watch the movie "The Three Musketers", the one made in the 1970's. In it, Milady is seducing D'Artagnan. She removes her gown and underneath, she is wearing a corset with a "busk" a wooden triangular piece to keep the front stiff. That slips out. Sharon C.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Betty Cooper Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 7:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [h-cost] The shape of Chardin's girl with shuttlecock Hello In interested in the painting of “girl with shuttlecock” by the French artist - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699 – 1779). There are several examples on the web, try this one here http://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-baptiste-simeon-chardin/girl-with-racket-and-shuttlecock#supersized-artistPaintings-268470 He probably painted the girl in 1740 and he was famous for painting still life and “realistic” home scenes. I don’t know how old the girl is (12? Years) but she really has a shape that we don’t find today. I have tried, VERY unscientifically, to recreate the image by sitting my 10 year old granddaughter in the same position holding a fly swat instead of a racket. We tried to add a hat something like the one in the picture. Even after persuading dear gd to sit very straight and to pull her shoulders back we did not get anything like the look or shape of the girl in the painting. Either the Chardin girl’s skeleton has been deformed by tight stays, or the painter is employing artistic licence to please the person paying for the portrait. I’m interested in how people with more costume knowledge than me see the girl the painting. B _______________________________________________ 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
