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LHF
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posted 07-17-2001 01:02 AM

o.k. i may be rehashing an old thread but has there been any info posted on appropriate patterns for a ladies smock and a ladies gown? i'm passing this info on in oder to help a friend with her dress.

thanks,

dan

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Gwen
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posted 07-17-2001 02:22 AM

What period? What country? What class?

Gwen

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LHF
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posted 07-17-2001 01:26 PM

sorry Gwen,

more specifics...

what period? ours 'round 1470/1480
what country? northern italian/swabisch german.
what class? middling/artisan.

from reading some of the old threads i gathered that a ladies smock is constructed in the same fashion as a man's shirt 'cept that it is much longer and has triangles inserted in the bottom to make it fuller?

i really have no idea as to the cut of a ladie's gown. been looking around at paintings etc for seam lines with some sucess. i found Van der Wyden's descent from the cross; that is where your gown was inspiered from? i've also looked into some reproductions like the one's in Medieval Soldier and Eyewitness Books Medieval Life page 23.

suggestions please.

daniel

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AnnaRidley
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posted 07-17-2001 10:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by LHF:
what period? ours 'round 1470/1480
what country? northern italian/swabisch german.
what class? middling/artisan.

Try this page as a starting point. http://artcyclopedia.com/history/early-renaissance.html

Mitake

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