On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Saragrace Knauf wrote: > Got the link to work- Thanks. > > When studying to make my model of these (Breughel) jackets, I > interpreted the sleeve to actually set into an arm hole. I see > that it could also be interpreted without. I just went on the > "majority" rules - even within this painting the similar fashion is > shown with a round armhole on women's clothes. Most of the men's > also are set into a round hole.
It's true that some are shown with a regular round armscye, but some are clearly missing that seam, so I think the square-bottomed armscye was another option (especially if it shows up in the 15th century as well). Someday I'll try one just to see how it works. Melanie _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
