Having -danced- in Tatra Mountain costume, I can say #14 is not that... ; ) For one thing, the women of the region don't wear red boots, they wear leather slippers (with a really cool one-piece construction where the strip of leather than laces the flat piece of leather into a shoe shape is actually cut as part of the shoe, it's still attached...) Men wear similar leather shoes, not the boots the man in the painting wears. If anything, this might be an interpretation of the costumes worn in the Krakow area (which is the stereotypical costume most often worn in the country to represent Poland). But distinctive parts of Krakow costume are missing for the man-- namely red and white striped pants, and peacock feathers in the hat. Her red boots would work for Krakow, her flower/ribbon headdress would. As I said before, though, the apron is unlike anything I've seen, and her bodice is fantasy. There should be shoulder straps!
******************************* Astrida Schaeffer, Assistant Director The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire Paul Creative Arts Center 30 College Road Durham, NH 03824-3538 603-862-0310 FAX: 603-862-2191 www.unh.edu/art-gallery ******************************* -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 4/6/2008 7:43 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes My take on the pictures is: 13 is definately Russian, look at his shirt - proto-typical of Russian historical shirts. I have seen sleeveless over pieces like hers on historical documents/ pictures. Most likely worn during the 'hot' summer days. 14 appears to be from the Tartar Mountain region of Poland, look at the man's boots and pants. Her outfit is like many different regional variations, however the lace sleeves and the flower on the apron is NOT at all period to any time/ area (accept for modern 20th Century 'dancing' outfits made for the tourists) Katheryne who has been researching 12thC Polish female outfits ----- Original Message ----- From: "Schaeffer, Astrida" > > I'm thinking #14 would be more Hungarian than Polish-- I've > never seen such aprons on a Polish costume-- But in truth I fear > the task will be made that much more difficult by the liberties > taken by the artist. For example the red strapless front-lace > bustier garment in #14 is sheer invention... > > My guesses: <snippage> > 13 definitely Russia > 14 generic Slavic or Hungarian (not sure Polish would have been > depicted....as a nation Poland had just come out of over a > century of non-existence, though it did briefly exist again as a > sovereign nation in the 20s so maybe it was in vogue...) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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