De,
I'm afraid we must agree to disagree. To my eyes this is definitely
slashing or embroidery meant to look like slashing. If you look at
other depictions of slashing, you'll see the same look--lines that are
heavier in the middle, narrower on the ends, and not connected:
The white on the black is either slashes or embroidery, so we agree on
that. What we don't agree with is the smocking and the gold bits. Spangles
were used in period and I believe that there are a few garments that
Elizabeth I wore that had them.
I believe that they are spangles (there were
If I can steer this conversation away from the portrait of Queen
Elizabeth, I believe that the original question was about this Italian
Gown
http://www.wga.hu/art/b/bronzino/2/panciat2.jpg
susan (of 2 minds about the portrait of Elizabeth -- I can see it either way!)
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Susan Farmer
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Subject: Re: [h-cost]Canadian (Lattice) Smocking
De,
I'm afraid we must agree to disagree. To my eyes this is definitely
slashing or embroidery meant to look like
The smocking would not change the distance of the spangles if you are
using the Latticework smocking.
http://www.savvyseams.com/techniques/canadian.php
The spangles would be running along the ridge of the lattice.
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/Elizabeth12.jpg
I guess why I am stuck on the
