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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Rich background
A sumptuous background nicely accentuates this von Pluschow model.
Sumptuous indeed. The cloth would be an Italian broccato - its more modest English cousin the brocade - which was a raised, embossed weave in rich colours beloved of the Victorian romantics. What looks to be a jacket slung over the chair is highly decorated, probably velvet, and would be a Victorian fantasy on the late Mediaeval tunic or justaucorps. But then, the Italians did the Renaissance so well!
I've seen jackets like that one in folk costume photos from the same era. Perhaps Italian peasants retained some Renaissance fashion in their wardrobes.
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Sumptuous indeed. The cloth would be an Italian broccato - its more modest English cousin the brocade - which was a raised, embossed weave in rich colours beloved of the Victorian romantics. What looks to be a jacket slung over the chair is highly decorated, probably velvet, and would be a Victorian fantasy on the late Mediaeval tunic or justaucorps. But then, the Italians did the Renaissance so well!
ReplyDeleteI've seen jackets like that one in folk costume photos from the same era. Perhaps Italian peasants retained some Renaissance fashion in their wardrobes.
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