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16th C Italian Working Class Dress

c. 1575-1600

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c. 1580s, Vicenzo Campi, "The Fruit Seller"
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Pietro Ronzelli: Nativita di Maria
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Vicenzo Campi: Chicken Vendors, 1580s
Wearing a blackworked scarf or shawl, and drawstring pouch.
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Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
May not really be appropriate for
this style of dress.  Questionable.
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Pietro Ronzelli: Nativita di Maria
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Pietro Ronzelli: Nativita di Maria
Note the detailed striped sleeves,
different from other dresses.
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Vicenzo Campi: San Martino (Trasloco)
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Vicenzo Campi: Fishmonger, 1580s
Another simplified dress.
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Vicenzo Campi: The Fruit Seller, 1580s
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Vicenzo Campi: The Fishmongers, 1580s
Little girl with side or back lacing, partlet ruffles tucked into gown straps.  Also note the dress in the background is pretty short!
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Vicenzo Campi: Market, 1580s
The woman at bottom right has side & front lacings.  The woman in green has removed her sleeves and has them fastened behind her out of the way.
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Alegory of Peace (1577) by Claeissens
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Vicenzo Campi: The Fishmongers, 1580s
Note the wrinkles across the front showing that this is not a stiffened/boned bodice.  also the opening extends past the waist, but is closed at the bottom.  Wearing pattens (wooden shoes).
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Cesare Vecellio, Unmarried peasant woman of Tuscany, 1590
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Cesare Vecellio: Peasant woman from Cividale, 1590
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Pietro Ronzelli: Nativita di Maria

Reconstructions

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Jen Thompson. Image from: http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/workdiary/page1.html
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Jen Thompson. Image from: http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/workdiary/page1.html
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Jen Thompson. Image from: http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/workdiary/page1.html
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Elizabeth Bunce. Image from: http://elizabethcbunce.livejournal.com/80736.html
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Laura. Image from: http://silverstah.com/campi2.html
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silverstah. Image from: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=374762.0;all

Links

Research
  • Italian Working Class Dress, Examples found in Renaissance Art @ Festive Attyre, including analysis of several paintings
Chemise
  • Chemise for under this gown @ Festive Attyre
  • How To Make an Italian Chemise @ Festive Attyre - instructions & pattern to make a chemise
Costuming Blogs
  • Diary of a Working Class Italian Dress @ Festive Attyre - her research, process, pattern shapes, etc for recreating this dress. 
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