Red, purple and gold

[frualeydis]

I want a purple(violet) gown with bands of red cloth of gold like Katarina Jagellonica had in 1563.

ETA: Or a (probably loose) gown from brown silk damask with black velvet trimming and green silk at the edges, like one of her ladies in waiting had.

Comments

[snowywolfowl.livejournal.com]

Siunds like an interesting project. Good luck with them.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I don't think that I will make them, I just want them.

/Eva

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

From the friends-of-friends list here: Do you mean the gown on the young Katarina as in this image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Princess_Katarzyna_Jagiellonka.jpg), or are you thinking of a different image? (I am a medieval Lithuanian person in the SCA.)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I am referring to the inventory from 1563, when she was duchess of Finland.

/Eva

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Do you have a source (online or book)? I would love to see pictures. Thanks in advance!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It's not a picture, it's an inventory of her and her husband's clothing. That's why I say "probably" about the lady-in-waiting's gown - we only have the descriptions and sometimes they are hard to interpret. The inventory is kept att the Castle Archives in Stockholm, like all other royal inventories, but was also printed in 1909. The title is "Förteckning över hertig Johans av Finland och hans gemål Katarina Jagellonicas lösegendom 1563" and it was printed in Helsingfors, Finland.

/Eva