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[frualeydis]

I thought that you might want to see a picture of the Uvdal 31 gown. This is a sketch I made after Marianne Vedeler's drawings in her dissertation, where she deals with the find. Her drawings are copyrighted of course, so I made my own. Also, the sketch of her interpretation of the gown in the book is put on a very 13th century-inspired gothic figure and I thought it would be nice to have a drawing of it with normal proportions.



The dress is carbon-dated to the late 14th century and as you can see, it a)differs from what is seen in period art and b)reminds of the pleated gowns found in Herjolfsnes (the "stripes" below the overbust seam are gathered pleats). This drawing of course can't replace the information in her text, but since it's in norwegian it's of little use to most of you anyway.

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[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Handelsgillet has it, but it's pretty expensive.

/Eva

[mmy-me.livejournal.com]

yess... rather.

So are the pleats separate or part of the skirt panels? are there gores? inquiring minds are bursting here! :-)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Yes, the pleated part is the top of the skirt pieces. Marianne thinks there may have been gores to provide enough width, but the find is not preserved well enough to show that. I'm using gores.

/Eva

[mmy-me.livejournal.com]

and it's open all the way? closures? is that trim or just an edge?

sorry. I should just be patient and wait and see. but I'm just very curious.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Nope, not open. it is sewn together as long as it is preserved, which would be somewhere around the waist. Marianne therefore thinks that the strips continue to the hem. It's from the same fabric as the rest.

/Eva