Item - Florentine
sottana of pale colour, edged in cream trim, sewn in a period fashion. (based on Bronzino's portrait of Bia, the illigimate daughter of Cosimo I, 1542) |
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Item - Florentine sottana of purplish-red linen,
with embroidered guarding, sewn in a period fashion. (based on Red velvet dress from Pisa La Moda a Firenze, & Cristofano dell Altissimo's portrait of Guilia Gonzaga, 1535) |
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Item- Florentine sottana of ivory damaschino lyned
with lavender linen, worn with a gorgiera of sheer cotton and a linen
camicia edged with 'bobbin' lace. (Based on Eleanora d'Toldeo's burial gown.) |
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Item- Florentine sottana of damaschino lyned with lavandar tela (linen). Four - paned sleeves with pearl aglets. (Based on Agnolo Bronzino's portrait Eleanor d' TOledo and her son. 1555-60) *Updated |
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Item- Florentine gown (1516) of cotton, lyned with lavandar linen. (based on Lady with a basket of Spindles by Jacopo Pontormo) |
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Item-a sottana of lavandar linen garded
with amarnate* cotten, lined with canvas, in the middle class
Florentine style. (1580's) (Based on -
Campi, The Fruit Seller and THe
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Item- a
Fiorenze sottana of gingerline damaschino edged wth matching cord,
sleeves puffed and slashed, lined with cotten lawne and babasina * (1540's, based of Portrait of a Florentine Noblewoman, Angolo Bronzino. San Diego Museum of Art San Diego) Item - Guanti/ gloves of leather dyed black Item - a camicia of fine bianco cotten lawne wroughte in amarnate UPDATED: I was not happy with the silhouette of this dress. A new corset was made. |
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Item- a Fliorenze gown of murrey damaschin, garded with black reben with gozzo alla dogalina (sleeves wide all the way down), tied with popinjay reben. (based on portrait by Vincenzo Catena, seen in the Louvre.) The diary for this camicia can be found HERE |
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- Florentine zimmara
of black damischino, lined with purplish-red taffetta, trimmed with
cut bias. (based on Cristofano dell Altissimo's portrait of Guilia Gonzaga, 1535) |
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Item - Cappotto, of wool, lined with
purplish-red taffetta, trimmed with cut bias and buttone. NEW 2/07: (based on Vecellios fig 187 Florentine loose gown and Neopolitan woman... Habitus Variorum Orbis Gentium (1581) & items listed in Eleanora's Guardaroba. La Moda a Firenze.) |
Glossary
Amarante - amethyst purple
Camicia- chemise
fustian-a-napes - Naples fustian made of cotten, or flax with
wool
bambagia- linen or cotten interfacing material
bombasina - cheap cotten or linen/cotten material, equivalent to
fustian, used for lining and interfacing. Also used to name garment
made of the material.
Damaschino- damask
ermisino - tafetta
guanti- gloves
gorgieria - gorgiera
gingerline - reddish-purple
gamurra - dress
gozzo - long sleeve
alla dogalina - sleeve in style of the doge, long and wide all the
way down.
sottana - gown, petticoat (initially worn under another dress, later
worn on its own)
tela - linen