One of my next projects

[mmcnealy]

This is what I want to do for my next project, headresses (she's wearing two, one on top of the other) and all!

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/d/durer/2/11/2/01dresse.html

Close up, http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/d/durer/2/11/2/01dresse.jpg

The dress underneath the cloak appears to be made out of moire or wattered silk, in a pale olive green. Anyone know of a good source for moire silk? I haven't done a full search for it yet, but it doesn't seem easy to find. I may just have to go with a different kind of silk for the project if I can't find any.

Comments

[noxcat.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think it looks more like a brocade or damask type fabric...YMMV.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

There's an article on 16th century middle class female headdress in Nürnberg in the book "Terminologie und Typologie mittelalterliche Sachgüter:das Beispiel der Kleidung". It's a report from the Krems Insitute, which studies german material culture and everyday life in the middle ages and early renaissance. The book is from 1986 and has the ISBN 3-7001-1461-3.

Eva

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the info, I will have to order that book from the library

Silk moire

[aclisto.livejournal.com]

I would try www.silkconnection.com
and here they have it in plum but I think it could be easily dyed.
http://www.inweave.com/drapery_lightweight_poly.htm

becky