Cod Piece!!!

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Just got the "Moda alla corte dei Medici" from the library. It deals with the funeral attires of Eleonora di Toledo, her husband Cosimo I and their son don Garzia, both before and after conservation.

What was interesting (apart from... well, the whole book itself...) was the cod piece of Cosimo I. There is a picture both of the remains of it and a drawing of how it looked originally. Turns out the whole thing was attached to a metal construction (dressed in fabric), and that it was laced to the doublet.


The actual cod piece construction. "Fragment of Cosimo I's breeches after conservation. The remains of the cod-piece are supported with a fine metal wire wrapped with thread. The crotch and contour ribbon of the right leg have been left extended" (page 70)


A drawing by Janet Arnold on how it probably originally looked. "Conjectured appearance of the cod-piece decorated with silk braid at the front of the hose worn by Cosimo I" (also page 70)

The doublet to which it was laced can be seen in Bella's site:
http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/workbox/extmenclo2.htm