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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.

Comments

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

The sleeve and bodice are in one. Except for that strip on the top of teh arm; maybe it helps with shaping?

/Eva

[jauncourt.livejournal.com]

Isn't there another gown, similarly constructed (sleeves-as-bodice), but without these interesting pleats?