Hello to all,
my name is Bella. I am doing a BA at Monash University, Melbourne (Australia)
as an off-campus (online) student.
For my current journalism topic (feature writing) I am working on the last
assignment. I have chosen to write a feature on the corset as it is today.
I have the
E House wrote:
1530-40 is 5-15 years after my personal cut-off period, but a lot of
what I've learned studying pre-1525 stuff carries over, so hopefully I
can help a little.
lots of snips
Mary Tudor by unknown (wedding portrait to Charles Brandon), 1515 -
You may also like this one (a bit later) at the Victoria and Albert Museum
http://images.vam.ac.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXSESSION_=submit-button=searchsearch-form=main/index.html
Object Jacket
Date ca. 1625-1650
Techniques Hand-knitted in silk and silver-gilt wrapped silk, and lined
with linen
Re cravats...
There is a volume by Doriece Colle Collars, Stocks and Cravats; White
Lions Pub, 1972 that might help.
The one she illustrates closest to your time period is as follows:
Ascot suspended from a string tie, c.1875-c.1875
Usually one wide strip of silk forms the whole ascot. A two
I have the Bronzino book, which is an excellent book, if you are
specializing in the period it covers. However, it is mostly about painting.
If you are interested in that, great. If you are looking for new costume
plates, I think that you will be disappointed. Most of the pictures in the
book have
Quoting Beth and Bob Matney [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I've been thinking of adding:
Bronzino by Maurice Brock 360 pages Flammarion (November 16, 2002)
ISBN: 208010877
to my collection of portrait painters. Has anyone seen this book?
Beth
Don't know a thing about it, but it sounds like something
Quoting monica spence [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The lower sleeves are deep maroon in most of the repros I have seen. It is
funny that so many color reproductions vary in quality from place to place.
Anybody ever see the real portrait up close and personal? And BTW, the lower
sleeves (which tie into
Thank you for that information. It's what I needed to know. The book price
isn't too bad (about $50), but what I'm looking for is a corpus of his
portrait works with good color and resolution, so I think that I'll pass
this one up. I have most of the paintings, but they're scattered around in
Thanks. I think I have the Carpaccio. I'll have to pick up a copy of the
Bronzino.
Do you know of a good Antonis Mor van Dashorst (Sir Anthony More, Antonio
Moro) volume? The only thing that I've found seems to be from 1934
published by Nouvelle Societe d'Editions, Bruxelles.
Beth Matney
Well, that was particularly bright of me wasn't it? Not to post
the URL. Sigh.
Here you go, Bjarne, and many apologies.
http://www.vintagetextile.com/early.htm
Regards,
Lorina
Five Rivers Chapmanry
purveyors of historical sewing patterns, quality hand-crafted cooperage,
I think I will jump in at this point, seeing French Hoods and the like
are not my strong point, but holding the Girls in place that I have a
lot of experience in.
What I would recommend and this is just what I would do. Seeing you are
going to be doing the two dress approach, line the under
I've seen the portrait!! It was the only reason that I made the 4 hour
drive. What an adventure! We nearly got sucked up by a tornado. The car
actually left the road for a brief period of time.
Last year the Detroit Museum of Art was one of the stops in an exhibition
featuring Medici art.
Oh, *drol*!
--sue, wishing she'd win that lottery sometime (of course, she'd have to
*play* the lottery, but why interrupt a good fantasy? ;o)
- Original Message -
From: Five Rivers Chapmanry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 2:32 PM
Subject:
I've seen the red and gold one, but not this one: Gotta check it out.
Object Jacket
Date17th century
Techniques Knitted silk thread
Artist/designer Unknown
Place Italy
Dimensions Length 22.5 in
Width 14.25 in
Length 15.75 in (arm)
Museum Number 106-1899
Beth and
snip Undergarments:
My first dilemma is whether or not I need a set of bodies and a
farthingale. I've read opinions that say yes you need them and I've read
opinions that say no, you can live with a stiffly lined bodice and a
petticoat(s) and that evidence in wardrobe accounts didn't show
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