Gown

A white woman with brown hair done up standing in a tight-fitting dark red dress with box pleated skirt and long sleeves

1520 Wool Gown

burgundy fabric on a white background revealing two hemmed edges reinforced with a buttonhole bar of dark red silk

Buttonhole bar on side slit

burgundy fabric with three hand sewn eyelets visible and a white fingerloop braid through one of them

Eyelets on red gown

view of the inside of the waist, where single and triple box pleats are whip stitched to the bodice. Burgundy wool with dark red silk stitches.

Skirt Pleats

image shows inside of back bodice piece and outside of front bodice piece. Lining is white linen. Fashion fabric is burgundy wool.

Bodice pieces

Bodice front and back interlinings done in cream-colored linen with pad stitching. Front bodice piece is folded to show white linen lining. Background is burgundy wool.

Bodice lining

White linen with white linen pad stitching, on a dark background

Pad stitching on bodice front

White thread on white linen making large pad stitches

Pad stitching on bodice back