umm, the link to an image didn't come across?? chimene
On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Heather Rose Jones wrote: > With the caveats that artistic representations aren't always intended to > represent actual clothing construction, and that representations of clothing > decoration are sometimes intended to convey symbolism rather than fabric > structures, and that there are multiple ways to create any particular > decorative effect in fabric ... > > What are people's thoughts on the garments depicted in the early 14th c. > Manesse Codex that have diagonal striped designs? Woven as diagonal stripes? > Print? Woven as straight-grain stripes and cut on the bias? Symbolic > interpretation of armorial designs not intending to represent actual > garments? Some other option? > > How is a given hypothesis affected by other stripe-like designs in the > manuscript? (Primarily horizontal stripes, but also chevron designs.) > > Here's a link to an image showing a variety of these designs, just for > reference. > > I'm contemplating the plausibility of the bias cut hypothesis, but I'm > failing to convince myself, given that the reasoning that would support it > would also conclude that the diagonal-stripe and horizontal-stripe garments > in the manuscript represent two entirely different ways of cutting garments > that are otherwise identical in depiction. > > Heather > _______________________________________________ > 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
