Sleeve Eye Candy thread

[Ms Trish]

Just gorgeous.  Do you happen to have a full frontal pic of the garb with the sleeves attached?  Would love to see how they look next to the epaulets.

There's photos in the finished items thread.

[Lady Gregory]

Just gorgeous.  Do you happen to have a full frontal pic of the garb with the sleeves attached?  Would love to see how they look next to the epaulets.

There's photos in the finished items thread.

Thank you.  Off to look.

[gem]

Ran across this fabulous Cranach portrait earlier today. Check out the patchwork sleeves!

[gem]

Princess Marguerite of Angouleme, Jean Clouet 1525:



There is a much larger HUGE version here, where you can clearly see the dark blue velvet of her gown fabric, as well as the lovely delicate blackwork of her chemise sleeves (which have some really interesting seaming).

I need to find a larger image, if I can, to better see the detail. But I love the overall impression--how the body of the gown is relatively simple, to better show of those completely over-the-top sleeves!  (Think how heavy they must be! I wonder what the back of the bodice looks like, to keep the sleeves from completely slipping down her arms. I'm thinking it must be nearly straight across the back of her neck, not scooping down like the front.)

[gem]

Time for a bump!

And just for good measure, here's that strange Netherlandish gown again:



I have some salmon pink wool/silk and some dark blue/teal velveteen in my stash, just waiting... 

[DonaCatalina]

Not my work, but it is a stunning interpretation.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

A Gown I must make for myself this fall! In a Blood Red Dupioni Silk with contrast Brocade in Golds, Reds, and Blacks. And those sleeves???

[gem]

Time to bump!

[Francesca DC]

Will be posting *new * sleeves soon....debut at MIRF tomorrow.

[gem]

This is a detail from Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen's (1470-1533) Cavalry (large view of full image here):



Look at the size of those green velvet hanging sleeves!! I thought the fur ones in this painting were ginormous, but they look downright skimpy in comparison.

The man's sleeves are also pretty impressive! (As is his whole Landsknecht-style ensemble, actually, down to a great example of the "starfish" hat.)

[DonaCatalina]

Gem, you might like these sleeves

[gem]

Dona C, what a curious image--that's the portrait of Elizabeth of Austria that has the partlet Rowen wants to make, but in this version she's wearing Eleanora di Toledo's dress. Where did you find it?

The girl in the second image is so cute!

[DonaCatalina]

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Apparently the original portrait is in Spain. La reina Isabel, poco después de su boda; con diecisiete años. (About 17 years old)
http://dinastias.crearforo.es/isabel-de-austria-una-reina-olvidada-t1593-48.html
The fabric is not exactly the same as the famous Eleanor de Toledo portrait but very similar.
Apparently there are many many portraits of Isabel de Austria that are not well known.

[Rowan MacD]

  The closeups of the bodice jewelry are some of the best I've seen.

  This portrait also seems to support the use of faux poufs on the sleeves...the way the fabric 'pulls' and wrinkles on the oversleeve under and around some of the sleeve poufs are just a bit off.
    Makes sense. It takes forever to get all the puffs just so.  It is why my poufs come off with my sleeves ^_^.
   

[Rani Zemirah]

To my extremely untrained eye, this would appear to be the same partlet worn with two different gowns.  Perhaps it was a particular favorite?