Oh Robin, I know, and I sure wish that I could come up with something more specific. Yes, there was something about the image that made me keep it open in a tab, when I was busily viewing others and closing them, and made me feel a little sick when the browser crashed. It had turned up for the first and only time, in spite of so many previous sideless surcote expeditions. If ever I can recall anything else about it, I will be sure to drop you a query.
Best I can say is that she was seated, her left 3/4 profile towards the artist, wearing a later sideless, not the high armholes of the Manesse Codex era. I think that there were other women in the painting, but not 100% certain about that. No, don't try to look based on the little that I can recall, but perhaps someday you'll be looking for some other purpose, and one will jump out at you and demand that you bring it to my attention - if I am really, really lucky. And by the way, a very belated thank you for your educational efforts at Costume College last year. While I'm not likely to tackle a GFD any time soon, I so very much enjoyed your explanations of your process for fitting and making the supportive gown. Laurie -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Robin Netherton Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:01 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Image search - help? On 3/25/2012 11:30 PM, Laurie Taylor wrote: > I know that when I saw this image it surprised me, as it was the first time > I'd seen it ever, in spite of having done many hours of image research on > sideless surcotes, on many previous occasions. No idea why this image is so > obscure or elusive. I may be in for some sort of shock, if ever I do see it > again. I've read your description (quoted below), but I'm not quite catching why this image is special. As you said, there's plenty of images of surcotes, and plenty of those images were painted with pink pigments. Was there something about this one that made it unusual? I should note that I have a collection of several hundred surcote images, including quite a few I've photographed off the original artworks, but the description you gave is way too generic for me to even begin to look. --Robin >> One in particular is still haunting me. Period painting, a group of >> people with some emphasis towards the left side of the painting >> (viewer's >> perspective) - One woman was seated, turned slightly to her right, >> the viewer's left. She was wearing a sideless surcote in what would be >> called pink ...in modern terms, but a deep, rich pink if I recall >> correctly, and it was draped on the floor around her feet. _______________________________________________ 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
