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1474-80 Florentine gamurra

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Well this dress is finally finished (except in the photos with the blue sleeves.

I currently have green, blue, plumb and burgundy sleeves that I can wear with this dress!

worn over my camicia [link]

most of the inspiration for this dress comes from this one [link] painted between 1474 qnd 1480. The portrait is of Ginevra de' Benci who was a Florentine (ie, from Florence in Italy) noble woman, she was married in 1474 when she was 16. I have also seen this painting dated at 1475, 1464-76, 1478-1480, 1476, 1474-78 etc, but you get the point, in the latter half of the 1470s. Which is PERFECT for my group time period of 1480, with research from 1470-85 allowed. She was also a similar age to what me persona will probably be.

It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, you may have heard of him ;)

Ok, about the dress. It is very brown ;)
The skirt has three panels, two 150cm wide, and one narrower, about 66cm. The pannels are stacked box pleated, with a 1:5 ratio, meaning the hem is about 360cm.

I will make brown sleeves to go with it eventually.
The trim for the neckline looks just like a seven loop fingerloop braid, and is red and gold, and cost only 30 cents a metre, why didn't I ask for more? stupid stupid, I only got three metres... fotunatly next time I went to the shop my mum managed to find it again (yes, six months later) and I got another 10 metres.

This dress is entirley handsewn, all visible sewing is done in a silk thread that I had lying around and was slightly darker than the fabric, all unseen sewing is just done in synthetic thread.

On its own this is very informal, worn only in a home setting around close friends. To be decent when leaving the house or entertaining visitors other than very close friends it should be worn with a giornea or cioppa over the top.

You can see my outfits with this dress here:

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Persphonefallen's avatar
I like the earthy burgundy and green sleeves. Very nice!