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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.

 
Tailor's - Hanka, Turned shoes, part 1
Copyright Martina a Martin Hřibovi © 2006
Tailor's - Hanka, Jane Seymour, part 2