Jane Seymour
The
outfit made according to a
portrait of 3rd Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein,
1537 (The royal picture gallery Mauritshuis, Haag). The outfit is
hand-sewn by linen and silk thread according to patterns in the
book The Tudor Tailor, even if some methods were fitted to the
portrait. The dress is made of 11 meters of half-silk velvet and
consists of the dress with the train and turn-back sleeves and
separate stomacher, which is pinned over the front lacing of
dress. Brass pins are made by a goldsmith Michaela Kršková and it
is necessary 50 pins to dress up the whole outfit. The dress is
embroidered with a gold thread and completed with girdle and
necklace made of real pearls and gilded metal components, a brass
pendant with a ruby and padparadža made by Kršková. The folded
foresleeves of silk satin with brass buttons with a glass stone
and garnets made by M. Kršková are tied up to turn-back sleeves. |