The white lines that you're seeing in Ceres' gown are the flowery patterns of the background which have been etched in the paper prior to adding the pigments.
I have a gigantic version of the Magdalena portrait at home as well and there's absolutely no seam under the bust, just a small crease as she is seated and bending forward. I have reproduced many versions of these kirtles, they can be found on my page here ; http://cadieux.mediumaevum.com/frontlaced-kirtles.html
The only version that I haven't made yet with this style (though I have tried with others) is the full circle skirt, which also works great. The most economy saving and accurate period design for this type of kirtle would be this kind of layout ; http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/medievaldress/Page_1x.html
There's no evidence of back lacing anywhere on the planet that we know of, most gowns were passed over the head, even the very fitted ones. Some later exemples had side or front lacing or front buttoning.
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Date: 2007-11-20 03:52 am (UTC)The white lines that you're seeing in Ceres' gown are the flowery patterns of the background which have been etched in the paper prior to adding the pigments.
I have a gigantic version of the Magdalena portrait at home as well and there's absolutely no seam under the bust, just a small crease as she is seated and bending forward. I have reproduced many versions of these kirtles, they can be found on my page here ; http://cadieux.mediumaevum.com/frontlaced-kirtles.html
The only version that I haven't made yet with this style (though I have tried with others) is the full circle skirt, which also works great. The most economy saving and accurate period design for this type of kirtle would be this kind of layout ; http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/medievaldress/Page_1x.html
If you want an idea of the construction of 14th century gowns, you should look-up extant garments ;http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/garments/garments.html
There's no evidence of back lacing anywhere on the planet that we know of, most gowns were passed over the head, even the very fitted ones. Some later exemples had side or front lacing or front buttoning.