Temple de Paradis

[frualeydis]

The calvinist temple in Lyon. So I did as florentinescot suggested and scanned the picture in the book. I didn't think it would give much, since the picture was so small, but apparently the publisher wanted good quality pictures, so it didn't get that bad when made bigger. Much better than the versions I've found this far. So, the pink and teal dresses are mine, do you hear that?!
Joking aside, I find it interesting to find this to me very dutch/flemish style so far south, but it could be influenced by the fact that they are protestants, calvinism was big in the netherlands.
A funny thing is the lady on the far left, with a red petticoat and sleeves to her black dress. I already have red dress to my dress and I have ordered red silk to make a matching petticoat. So all I need to make is a small black hat and then I have it.

Comments

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

That's come out really well.

I like the pink and teal ladies too. Interestingly, their hair seems to be just hair taping (unless its a head dress similar to the french ones). Most of the other ladies seem to have nice white caps on.

And, yes the lady with the red sleeves and underkirtle does look just like your gown.

I find the layout of the church/chapel very interesting. Not easy to step over the bars which hold all the forms in place when one has long skirts though.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

The dresses are so much like the english fitted gowns, except that they are low cut. You see them on the Pierre de Moucheron painting (http://web.comhem.se/~u31138198/moucheron.html) that I used for my gown too.

/Eva

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

Yes - the neckline on the English version tend to have a collar, either standing or the sort of "peter pan-ish" turned down collar.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

:-D I was really surprised when I did it the first time too. That was when I discovered that the slips on the Oxburgh Hangings really are cross-stitch not tent stitch! It's really amazing at how much detail can be in an image like that that your eye simply can't see at that size. (techie note -- and that's how a .jpg file format works -- it knows that you can't see those details so it simplifies the picture by throwing them away!)

[gea-gilwen.livejournal.com]

I knew that painting before you showed the first blurry image of it - I had seen it in a book at the public library when I got the last stash of books there. It was in a book that I didn't get because the text wasn't interesting enough, but at least this picture was interesting. I'm so sure that it was there, I can even remember that it was on a left page - but not which size it was.
I stopped by the library this evening after work, but it only had ten minutes of opening time left so I didn't find it.
Maybe I'll find it next week and see if it is a little better in quality. Plus, I'll get my scanner this weekend.

A random hypothesis that came to my mind watching the painting now is:
I might be wrong, but what if the pink and teal ladies are catholics or newly converted protestants? Everybody except them is wearing black as the main colour (at least all the ladies), and both of them seem to be discussing with their respective neighbours, while everybody else looks rather contemplative. So it looks to me like they didn't adapt to the Protestant standards yet (or didn't want to).

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I think they are at least unmarried. They have no white caps, unlike all the other women.

/Eva