Most late period sleeves tied or buttoned into the armhole. That puffy (shirred) sleeve is attached to the gown, the undersleeve ties under it at the armhole. It is a practical consideration also. A woman could have a "new" gown with the addition of a pair of sleeves!
BTW-- I've done this gown (gown: black wool and sleeves:maroon wool) The sleeves have mega pieces... Yes, Luara was a very famous poet, married to a famous architect who worked for Duke Cosimo I de Medici of Florence. Dame Catriona MacDuff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:44 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: RE: Bronzino (was Re: [h-cost] knit jacket was Re: Moda aFirenze1540-1580 Quoting monica spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The lower sleeves are deep maroon in most of the repros I have seen. It is > funny that so many color reproductions vary in quality from place to place. > Anybody ever see the real portrait up close and personal? And BTW, the lower > sleeves (which tie into the armhole BTW, on the Lucrezia Panciatichi gown > are eggplant purple (aubergine). Makes for the possibility of interesting > color combos for costumers who do early 16th C. Florentine... > Dame Catriona MacDuff > I knew that Laura's gown was brown and black (did you know that she was a Famous Poet?) -- but how can you tell that the maroon lower sleeves on Lucrezia's gown tie into the armhole? Jerusha, the sleeve junkie ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ 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
