On Sat, 5 May 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Its appearance at cuffs and collars doesn't have any real relevance to > the state of the back, as embroidery was done prior to the making up > of the garment (usually), so that the back of the work would be > unlikely to be seen.
That would certainly be the case for, say, a doublet, but for the cuffs or collars of linen chemises, which are not lined, why would the embroidery be done in advance, or assumed not to be seen? Chemises in 16th century paintings are often shown with blackwork embroidery on cuff edges and collars; presumably the insides of the cuffs would be readily visible, and collars might be turned out in some cases. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
