Hi Everyone, I've been planning some fabric purchases with a new Tudor court gown (in a 1540s - 1550s style) in mind and have ordered some red silk taffeta I was originally planning to include a matching partlet (so I'd end up with something in the style of this portrait http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/FrenchHood/1550/MaryTudorEworth1554.html) but I've encountered a problem.
The portraits I can find are either plain black silk with a matte (probably velvet) partlet e.g. http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/FrenchHood/1550/UnknEnglishLady1553.html, a velvet gown with a matching velvet partlet e.g. http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/FrenchHood/1550/LadyJaneGreyLg.html or a brocade gown with a matching brocade partlet e.g. http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/FrenchHood/1550/MaryTudorEworth1554.html. What I can't find is a gown made of a plain coloured (for these purposes I'm not counting black as a colour) silk (e.g. satin or taffeta) with a partlet. This evidence leads me to two possible conclusions either the only time a partlet is not made of velvet is when it's a brocade or that if you have a coloured gown you make the partlet out of the same dress. So I'm hoping that either somebody else on this list has a better art collection than me and can provide an example of a coloured silk gown with a partlet or, failing that, somebody can make a good logical argument why one is more likely than the other. -- ------------------------------------------ Elizabeth Walpole http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
