I'd be very dubious about that - it doesn't look pointed at all to me. I think the woman's posture and the way she is wearing the belt may possibly be contributing to this impression. These mid 15th century kirtles are quite a mixed bag. Some of them clearly have separate skirts, some of them clearly not, and some it's quite hard to tell. The bodices are also cut in all kinds of different ways. It was clearly a period of experimentation in how to get a good cut. There's a very good article about them in one of the Compleat Anachronists (poss no 38?)
Claire -----Original Message----- ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:00:46 -0700 From: Saragrace Knauf <wickedf...@msn.com> Subject: [h-cost] Pointed front kirtle - 1435 ~ 1450?? To: <h-cost...@indra.com> Message-ID: <bay133-w5b4038edde61119902e68d2...@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am looking at Hunnisett Medieval -1500 and wondering about her justification for having a pointed front kirtle. She seems to be using the Magdalene portrait as her example... www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/weyden/magdalen.jpg She uses these to images to justify that the skirt is cut separately from the bodice http://www.wga.hu/preview/w/weyden/rogier/05sevens/2sevens3.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/1/13/12318612 75475/Gallery-prado-on-google-e-004.jpg - which I agree with. Has anyone seen images where a point is visible in the front of this type of dress? Thanks Sg ******************* _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
