I was leaving this to more knowledgeable costumers, but I think I'll chime in at this point.
Yes, it's some kind of placket, or plastron. Sideless surcoats were stylized in this way in the later centuries. They were illustrated on statues and other visual documents always being worn by royalty, and often with this kind of placket in the later centures, long after they stopped being worn. I suspect what you're looking at is some kind of allegory or imagery, not actual clothing of the period. But... I'm no expert, just going on memory of other discussions on this list and others. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
