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Italian Men's/Boy's Shirts (Camicie)

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Museo del Tessuto, Prato
c1550
- 1580
"Boy's
white linen shirt, with tapered sleeves, embroidered
with 'S' motifs in crimson silk and silver-gilt
threads."
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"Inside the
wrist there is a linen facing encasing all the raw
edges of the gathered ruffle."
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©
For
more information, more detail shots, and a pattern for this
shirt, see:
Janet Arnold, Patterns of Fashion 4. Macmillan, London, 2008.
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Information
on this shirt can also be found in:
Roberta
Orsi Landini and Bruna Niccoli, Moda A Firenze 1540 - 1580: Lo
stile de Eleonora di Toledo e la sua influenza.
Florence, Edizione Polistampa, 2005.
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it at @Amazon.com
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