Showing posts with label Bronzino. Show all posts
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Dec 29, 2013

Bronzino Eleonora of Toledo Dress Diary

I need to replace my old Florentine 1560s gown. It is too large, and when I tried to alter it a few years ago I discovered that I had run out of fabric and could not put the bodice back together. Fabric is available online now that makes me think I could make an attempt at Eleonora of Toledo's gown. Which one will my budget allow me to order? Do I watch my budget and order a print or do I throw caution out the window and order a woven silk?
Spoonflower printed fabrics

http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1344134

Sartor replica woven silk

http://www.sartor.cz/44-historical-textiles






I already have a version of this coverciere (related to the English partlet) - usually made of cords tied in a net-like fashion, and then beaded. I found a belly-dancers scarf that looks just the part.


Agnolo Bronzino: Portrait de la duchesse Eleonore
Galerie Narodni, Prague
The sketch below is from the Janet Arnold Book, Patterns of Fashion, 1560 - 1620 which I am using as the basis of my research.




Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni de' Medici
Agnolo Bronzino, 1550: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence





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