Expensive and doesn't look very good - the gold lurex is too pale so it doesn't have enough contrast to look right.
And they made the background pale grey - it may be the colour that it looks if you examine the portrait closely, but it reads as creamy white when you just look at the portrait.
I had a beautiful fabric (large pair of curtains) that looked right (even though the pattern wasn't exactly the same) about 20 years ago, but stupidly gave it away to someone, who then moved into earlier period evenet so never got around to making the Eleanore gown for herself and probably doesn't have the fabric any more.
I'd have no use for the gown anyway - but it's beautiful, I admired the picture even before I got into historical costume.
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Date: 2017-02-14 10:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-02-14 11:28 am (UTC)/Eva
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Date: 2017-02-14 04:02 pm (UTC)The one I always wanted to make was this one:
https://www.pricescope.com/files/images/journal/Jewelry_in_Renaissant/wifechildofcosimo_72.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Eleanora_of_Toledo.jpg
Teddy
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Date: 2017-02-14 04:27 pm (UTC)/Eva
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Date: 2017-02-14 07:04 pm (UTC)And they made the background pale grey - it may be the colour that it looks if you examine the portrait closely, but it reads as creamy white when you just look at the portrait.
I had a beautiful fabric (large pair of curtains) that looked right (even though the pattern wasn't exactly the same) about 20 years ago, but stupidly gave it away to someone, who then moved into earlier period evenet so never got around to making the Eleanore gown for herself and probably doesn't have the fabric any more.
I'd have no use for the gown anyway - but it's beautiful, I admired the picture even before I got into historical costume.
Teddy