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The Dala-Järna dress is finished
And yes, I will write documentation and put it up in my other blog eventually, but for now you at least get a photo.
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Finished 16th century kirtle
The kirtle for my new early 16th century Swedish outfit (based on this statue) is now finished. I got sidetracked by knitting the stockings in my previous post, work and dollhouses, but it still went reasonably fast for a wholly hand sewn garment. Especially since I made lacing holes in the front at first and had to remove them and make new ones at the left side after trying it on. In the photos you can fully appreciate the problems with making a high necked gown when you have a very large bsut and narrow shoulders. You can also see that I'm fat, but that's hardly a secret :)
Right now I am busy writing an application for research funds (17th century consumption of clothing and household goods in Stockholm), but next week I plan to cut out the sleeveless gown to wear over it.
In the photo taken on the balcony I am wearing clogs, because it's really wet out there right now, which is what makes the skirts look much shorter than on the photo taken from the front.
Right now I am busy writing an application for research funds (17th century consumption of clothing and household goods in Stockholm), but next week I plan to cut out the sleeveless gown to wear over it.
In the photo taken on the balcony I am wearing clogs, because it's really wet out there right now, which is what makes the skirts look much shorter than on the photo taken from the front.
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On hand sewing
It is very annoying to pick up hand sewn seams. Especially when sewing them is really bad for your hands. But tomorrow I will start on the lacing holes so that I can see if it fits or if I will have to unpick some more seams.
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Re-visiting Dala Järna
Nine years ago I stated my intention to make a dress found on a Swedish early 16th century sculpture from Dala-Järna. Well, it did take a while, but now I have actually started. Nine years may be a too long hiatus, but as I have since then researched Swedish 16th cnetury dress much more thoroughly, and even written an article in "Costume" about it, I am much better prepared to make it now. I have studied mroe apainting, formed new theories and made up my mind about some things that needed to be decided.
I am doing this as my project in the Manuscript challenge on facebook and the plan is to finish it so that I can wear it to the local SCA event St.Egon's feast the first weekend in March. I have unfortunately already encountered som trouble, since my hands started aching badly after only a couple of hours of hand sewing, but maybe it gets better.
Proof. It is hand woven linen twill (an old sheet) and wool twill.
I am doing this as my project in the Manuscript challenge on facebook and the plan is to finish it so that I can wear it to the local SCA event St.Egon's feast the first weekend in March. I have unfortunately already encountered som trouble, since my hands started aching badly after only a couple of hours of hand sewing, but maybe it gets better.
Proof. It is hand woven linen twill (an old sheet) and wool twill.
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Thank you
Thanks everybody who has helped with finding pictures and with suggestions for the swedish dress from Dala Järna. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pinkdiamond found this image at myralea's site which shows a dress with front pleats, a smooth, higher layer under it and clasps. Much smaller, but still.
I have written to the peron who took the photo I linked to and hopefully he has a larger image of the statue so I can see if there are any interesting carving lines. Apparently it has rests of red and blue paint, that would be interesting to see.
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myralea's site which shows a dress with front pleats, a smooth, higher layer under it and clasps. Much smaller, but still. I have written to the peron who took the photo I linked to and hopefully he has a larger image of the statue so I can see if there are any interesting carving lines. Apparently it has rests of red and blue paint, that would be interesting to see.
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clasps
I knew that I had seen the kind of large clasps on the dress from Dala Järna somewhere else.
On this dutch portrait she has similar large clasps on her gollar. I thought yesterday that what we see on the dress may be a red (if that colour is the original) with a gollar on top. There could be a faint line at the level where the pleats start to indicate that.
I will get the book today and I'll keep you posted if I find anything in it. Unfortunately it's from 1961 so the photos are probably black and white.
So the question is: have any of you seen a gollar on top of a dress with those front pleats?
On this dutch portrait she has similar large clasps on her gollar. I thought yesterday that what we see on the dress may be a red (if that colour is the original) with a gollar on top. There could be a faint line at the level where the pleats start to indicate that.
I will get the book today and I'll keep you posted if I find anything in it. Unfortunately it's from 1961 so the photos are probably black and white.
So the question is: have any of you seen a gollar on top of a dress with those front pleats?
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Another project
I am so going to make this dress. The paint is secondary, so it maybe wasn't a sleeveless layer over a kirtle, but I like it even without that detail. At the neck you can see two layers though, but maybe it was a white shift that later got painted red? Have you seen anything like this from Germany pinkdiamond or myralea?
I have ordered up a book from the university library where it is described so I can see if there are any carving lines that suggest the cut that the painting shows, but it doesn't look like it in the photo.
Still, it's a nice swedish dress, the statue was made in Sweden in the first quarter of the 16th century.
I wonder what fabric I should use and for what occasion I shall make it. Probably Visby, but I really should finish Rickard's silk tunicella first. And finish my tudor and make new sleeves for the Anthonis Mor dress. I'm going to make tudor clothes for Rickard too, but that will have to wait until autumn I think.
pinkdiamond or myralea?I have ordered up a book from the university library where it is described so I can see if there are any carving lines that suggest the cut that the painting shows, but it doesn't look like it in the photo.
Still, it's a nice swedish dress, the statue was made in Sweden in the first quarter of the 16th century.
I wonder what fabric I should use and for what occasion I shall make it. Probably Visby, but I really should finish Rickard's silk tunicella first. And finish my tudor and make new sleeves for the Anthonis Mor dress. I'm going to make tudor clothes for Rickard too, but that will have to wait until autumn I think.