... Got the web site to come up. Here's an italian site with this painting and you can "zoom" in on various parts to see the nice lacing "rings" or "metal...
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Allison Wall
toragana13
Apr 19, 2005 8:48 pm
Salvi wrote: <This would be because.... this is maternity wear. :-) This painting is one of the many featured in my birth rituals book. Makes sense to have it...
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Adele de Maisieres
beastiepaws
Apr 19, 2005 9:19 pm
... Not likely. Some upper class women would have had many pregnancies due to being well nourished and not breastfeeding their own infants, but other women...
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katherinejsanders
katherinejsa...
Apr 20, 2005 2:59 pm
Hello I'm in the process of researching a Florentine dress of the 1590s/1600s (and not having a great deal of success t be entirely honest). Along the way I've...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Apr 20, 2005 6:53 pm
http://members.fortunecity.com/cadieuxx/florentine.html http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/index.html for a start. Lyse ... Hello I'm in the...
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katherinejsanders
katherinejsa...
Apr 20, 2005 8:38 pm
Thanks Lyse - I recently made one of these gowns, based on portraits from the 1480s - but you're right, they're both awesome sights and well worth keeping in...
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Bella
bella_lucia_...
Apr 21, 2005 12:36 am
... Hi Katherine! :-) Your best bets for Florentine of the 1590s are: 1. Cesare Vecellio's Renaissance Costume Book by Dover (this used to be online but no...
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katherinejsanders
katherinejsa...
Apr 21, 2005 10:02 am
Hi Bella ;-) ... http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/> ... So much stuff I hadn't found before! ... You are, as our US friends say, darn tootin' it does! Thanks...
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Jacki/Erik
elspeth205
Apr 21, 2005 3:24 pm
Thanks for the links for Alessandro Allori. I think I am in lust for those lovely embroidered shawls he has on several of his ladies. Now I want some too. ...
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Gwen
undycat
Apr 21, 2005 9:34 pm
So apparently I can't just do things the easy way. I've been fitting the muslin for what will become my hemp boned corset and I'm looking at the pattern pieces...
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katherinejsanders
katherinejsa...
Apr 21, 2005 10:07 pm
Hi Gwen First things first: breathe! Second: get a cup of coffee/tea/gin and sit down to peruse the artwork on both ...
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Gwen
undycat
Apr 22, 2005 5:43 pm
I've got Patterns of Fashion on the way, as a late birthday gift but I probably won't get it for the next month or so. so as a follow up question, and just...
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katherinejsanders
katherinejsa...
Apr 22, 2005 6:36 pm
Hi Gwen :-) Sorry if anything I wrote last night was a bit screwy - I was just about to toddle off to sleep but just had to say something! ... but > I...
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Gwen
undycat
Apr 22, 2005 7:10 pm
okay, I think I get it, I was picturing it the right way, but thinking backwards. :) Gwen ... Italian_Rennaissance_Costuming@yahoogroups.com,...
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katherinejsanders
katherinejsa...
Apr 22, 2005 7:28 pm
... Yeah, what you said! Sorry the diagrams didn't come out very well :-) Let us all know how you get on, Kx...
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Alex Doyle
cybalshouse
Apr 22, 2005 8:30 pm
... To do this bodice pattern first thing I would do is cut out a bodice that fits with the regular side seams out of scrap/muslin. Don't need sleeves or...
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Carol
ladynoire1013
Apr 25, 2005 6:20 am
I've finally been given the okay to announce this. If it's old news, my apologies ... If you're not familiar with Margo, she does very nice Elizabethan ...
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Laita da Padova
laita_dapadova
Apr 26, 2005 4:04 pm
hi all, i spent part of spring break visiting the art museum in St. Louis (USA) and i ran across a couple of portraits i found interesting enough to share. ...
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Diana Habra
sybilvonbora
Apr 26, 2005 4:58 pm
... Cool picture! However the woman is not Roman. The painter is Dutch and the style is very much Dutch. I agree with you that the sleeve lacings are neat...
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Laita da Padova
laita_dapadova
Apr 26, 2005 8:54 pm
Hi Diana, Don't worry, I can see how you'd make that assumption. Unfortunately, the website doesn't give very much info about the history of the painting. ...
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Allison Stanley
ldy_allegranza
Apr 27, 2005 12:07 am
This past winter there was an art exhibit at UGA of paintings by Dutch artists who visited Rome. The paintings in this collection were mostly landscapes...but...
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Allison Stanley
ldy_allegranza
Apr 27, 2005 12:23 am
Forget what I just said....this exhibit was a much later period...actually out of SCA period....I'm getting my century's and painters mixed up..... ...
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lmmcbeth
Apr 27, 2005 12:58 pm
Hi all, I was interested in what Laita described about the sleeve detail in the portrait of the Florentine man, so I monkied with it, and managed to get a...
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lmmcbeth
Apr 27, 2005 1:18 pm
Sorry....I copied the wrong link... here's the right one... http://www.freewebs.com/lmcbeth/florentineman.htm hope that one works ;) ... managed ... picture, ...
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lexieandaj
Apr 27, 2005 9:16 pm
Hello all!! I am a newbie here and I a need some help. I am looking for a particular style to dress. I know I could be shot for saying this but here it...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Apr 27, 2005 9:59 pm
From the looks of things you might be thinging of Florentine. http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/earlyflor/portfolio.html Lyse...
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Bella
bella_lucia_...
Apr 28, 2005 3:47 am
... <snip> ... Hi, there's a Simplicity pattern that is generally known as the "Ever After" style. See: http://tinyurl.com/dlfhe Or go to...
Greetings, I am new to this group and thought I should introduce myself. My name is Lady Cassandra Cresswell. I reside in the March of St. Martin in the...
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cassandracressy
Apr 30, 2005 7:01 pm
I know I have LOTS of questions about Italian Rens. The lastest is this: if I took the pattern for the square front bodice from the 'Everafter' pattern...
