OOPS - bad me - forgot subject line on message below! -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Taylor Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 11:00 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: [h-cost] (no subject)
Good evening, Well, I don't know which costuming list first brought this image to my attention, but the time has come...I have to make this chemise. Someone else had inquired about the bodice in this picture, but the chemise just really hooked me. http://exhibits.denverartmuseum.org/artisansandkings/?page_id=23 The painting is by Titian and the title is Woman with a Mirror, at least on wga.hu. I'd have used that link instead of this, but the WGA links don't seem to work for getting directly to images. Fortunately, there seem to be plenty of photos of this painting all over the 'net. As to why I'm rambling on about this image here, on h-costume, I'm debating the pattern for this chemise. I'm thinking that this should be no more complicated than the Elizabethan chemise shown here, http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cheminst.html, even though this picture is considerably earlier than Elizabethan, but I thought I'd seek other opinions on the matter. I have, for my first attempt at this chemise, a very sheer, cotton crinkle. It certainly isn't period, but I think that it would give the look of the chemise in the image. I also have a silk set aside for this, for a second version. The chemise in the painting seems unlikely to have a drawstring neckline. Any thoughts on this? The picture on WGA.hu, zoomed to 200%, looks like maybe very fine, parallel rows of gathers which would not have the adjustability of a drawstring, but it's that gathered look that I like about this chemise. The sleeves are extremely full, but this could be a drawstring that has been left un-drawn, untied. Again, any interpretations from any of you? Thanks. Laurie T. Phoenix _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
