Nov. 4th, 2005

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So, I've been looking at these pictures of women from the 1570s-1580s and I've noticed that apart from the normal german style with a white apron with a couple of (probably) embroidered bands There are others with an apron with a large pattern that looks like a damask or brocade, like this.
The question is, is it a brocade or is embroidered. And if so, is it in black on white or is it an applique pattern in colours?
In this picture from Jean Jacques Boissard's costume book from 1581 it seems to be brocade in one case and moire in the other. But since these are coloured woodcuts I'm not sure if the person that did the colouring was well acquantied with the fashions of Lothringen (where the picture is supposed ot be from) or even when the were coloured. So I would love to see a painting of this style.
It sure looks like decorative aprons could be made from brocade though. Not also that the corners of the aprons on the last image stick out on the sides. It's just an unshaped piece of fabric that is fastened to a belt. Very cool in my opinion.
Here's another example, from Verdun.
And here's another german, with a moire apron.

So, has anybody late 16th c. german paintings with decorative aprons in brocade or moire?

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