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Originally posted by Nikki:
I'm looking to find out what colors womens hosen were dyed. Most of the illustrations that actually show to the knee (or higher)are of women who are barefoot and/or barelegged. For instance, the February Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, where the two women have shoes but no easily apparent hosen (altho the man does). Anyone remember seeing visible hosen anywhere?

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actually, in one version of this picture, the woman in the foreground appears to be wearing flesh/natural colored stockings....there's a thin line just below her knee visible in my copy! (I assume its a factor of the reprint, etc).

also, "despair" in the King Renee book appears to be wearing black hose (long ones, with the points still attatched...where does she tie them up????)

my other two pieces of womesn hose data are line drawings

has anyone else found any others?

--AM, who has taken it upon herself to "collect" womens hose pictoral data

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Originally posted by Nikki:
Found one! This is from _Tacuinum Sanitatis_ Luisa Arano, 1973. The Plate appears to be (the text is Italian, I could be wrong here) from the Rouen version of the Tacuinum, page? 20, "Caules Onati". The woman is clearly wearing red-colored stockings:

here

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woo hoo! another piece of data!

I figure eventually we'll have a really good collection....

thanks NIkki!
--AM

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have fun,

daniel

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Originally posted by Nikki:
also, looking closely at a high-quality paper copy of the September Tres Riches Heures, (the grape harvest one), the woman in the lower left corner, with the multiple tucked dresses, seems to have grey/brown hosen, if you peer carefully amongst the grape vines. I only noticed this the other day, since most copies of this are not at good enough resolution to distinguish this area, and it is still difficult enough to see that I could be mistaken. Anyone else have a high-quality copy of this who could voice an opinion as to whether I am hallucinating the things, or not?

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That one looks brown to me, and much darker than what looks to be the bare-leg of the man kneeling down.

As for the February woman, the one closest to the bed seems to be wearing rose-colored hose, knee-high but rolled. The woman in the foreground could be wearing light-brown hose, or or it could be her skin (but I favour brown hose).

These match with the data someone mentioned from Hispanic Costume, so I'd guess they're reasonable choices.
I have a good copy with small images of the whole pages, but nice enlargements of details, a French edition published by Seghers.

All the best,

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Originally posted by Nikki:
Another one...this time in blue (well, alright, a saint is wearing them, but so is the woman next to the saint...) in another painting by Fouquet

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dingdingdingdingding!

whats that now, six?

--AM, who just finished a pair of purple and a pair with one red leg and one brown leg (didnt have enough wool to do two of each )

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is another one...the maidservant is wearing pretty red stockings with yellow shoes. very stylish!

--AM

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