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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Rich background


A sumptuous background nicely accentuates this von Pluschow model.

 

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  1. 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!

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    1. 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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