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and a discription In 1843 a woman's dress was found buried in a bog near Shinrone, Co. Tipperary. It was believed to be from the sixteenth or seventeenth century. It was very well preserved. It was made of a brown woolen cloth. It consisted of a bodice with a long waist that opened in the front. Attached to the bodice was a full plaited skirt. It had 23 gored breadths gathered into small plaits at the top and spread out to wide quilling at the bottom. The bottom of the skirt measured twenty-two feet in circumference with ninety-two plaits in all. It shows the high skill of the tailors of that period. Note that it has a bit of similarity to Flemish gowns of that period. De -----Original Message----- Hi Cynthia, Kass' info on the Shinrone gown is probably the most thorough I know of, as she handled the gown herself, and most of the rest I've seen is usually based on written descriptions of the garment and two photos in one book (Dress in Ireland). I know from having made my own many years ago, before her info came out, that the written info is incomplete, and there are unseen & unwritten details that Kass describes pretty well. And as Kass mentions, it is not supposed to lace closed in front. It really is cut that way, tho why I am still not sure. Kimiko _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
