I'd hazard a guess that they were made like smocking pleating...probably basting threads were sewn at regular intervals and then pressed. Don't know that there is really any "faking it"....other than using a pleater...
http://www.smockingstore.com/pleaters.html#pleaters (Scroll down). Sg For further opinions you might want to join TheGermanRenCostume Yahoo group. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hanna Zickermann Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] German Renaissance pleating Hello, has anyone ever heard of German Renaissance pleating techniques? "Textiler Hausrat" mentions sumptuary laws by which a pleated apron must not cost more than a given price for the "Felterer", a tradesman specialised in making the pleats, and some household inventories mention pleating boards and irons. But how exactly would these pleats have been made? They are so small and yet look perfectly parallel when you look at this picture: http://www.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/B/Dürer,+Albrecht%3A+Nürnbergerin+im+Hausklei d+%5B1%5D I cannot believe that they were ironed one by one, do you? How would you make these pleats, or how would you "fake" them for the stage? Best wishes, Hanna _______________________________________________ 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
