Thank you, I will look up both those books tomorrow. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Cin <cinbar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have also made this gown & kirtle. After reading the article in > Costume on the ladies wardrobes as listed in the Petre Inventories and > pouring over Maria Heywood's Dress at the Court of Henry VIII, it was > pretty clear that I should be in a brown wool gown, with black velvet > guards. The kirtle is a heavy scarlet taffeta, tho I chose the front > lacing variant. > The reading is strongly recommended & will answer many of your current > & future questions about this regional style. > --cin > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:49 AM, <jaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am going to make the outfit on page 79, which is described as "Fitted > English gown with plain sleeves,". Which is worn over the "back-lacing > kirtle" show as the top picture on page 67. Now, looking at the earlier > pictures in the book, the picture on page 79 most resembles fig. A10 on > page 12, which is entitled "Gentlewoman, 1568", but it also resembles the > picture of Jane the Fool on page 39, fig 6(1545). > > > > So, my question is about fabric choices. The outfit is going to be for > a friend, and she is the baroness of our local SCA group. She normally > wears early period( very early, t-tunics and such) and we think this might > be the outfit that is least restrictive, but also will look nice and is > "late period" for us. So my goal is to create a somewhat noble, but not > royal appearance. Unfortunately, unlike in the book "The Queen's > Servants", in the Tudor Tailor book, they don't go into as much detail on > who would be wearing specific outfits, I need to make some choices on my > own. In the reproduction of the Jane the Fool gown, they use woolen > damask, which would be perfect, but I don't know how readily I can find > woolen damask at a price I can afford( I will be shopping in the new York > fashion district, and one sometimes can find exactly what one wants, but > sometimes not) would a silk taffeta be acceptable for the outer gown( I > assume I will have to interline it as well as! > l! > > ine it to get it to hang right as most of the taffetas I have seen seem > a little light, but I can do that). For the kirtle/petttiecote, wool > seems like it would be the most common, but do you think if I go with a > taffeta if I go with a woollen damask gown? Or does anyone else have > suggestions for fabric choices that are available online, or what I should > be looking for when I go shopping. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
