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Drawstring!
Nov. 28th, 2007 04:13 pmEvidence of the drawstring during the 16th c:
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45852+0+1+gg41
The blue ribbon goes through the neckline of the red "gown" and ends on the shoulders (probably to tie as we've seen in some Italian portraits from about the same time. The differance in this case is that it very clearly is a drawstring)
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45852+0+1+gg41
The blue ribbon goes through the neckline of the red "gown" and ends on the shoulders (probably to tie as we've seen in some Italian portraits from about the same time. The differance in this case is that it very clearly is a drawstring)
