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Marianne
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posted 04-23-2009 01:40 AM

Hello!

Maybe this is old news but was surprised to run into it by chance last weekend. Alas, I couldn't go see the exhibition.
http://www.kareldestoute.info/en/homepage.html

The poster shot for this was a 15th century-looking red tunic. See third column, last picture on the right. Does anyone know what this "dress" is called? I'd love to find more info about it...
http://www.kareldestoute.info/en/pers_downloads_beeldenbank.html

Thanks!!

Marianne

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Fire Stryker
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posted 04-23-2009 04:35 AM

Hi Marianne,

The "tunic" is known by the Burgundian followers on the board. I'll see if we can dig up a little more information. I seem to vaguely recall that it was "reworked" at some point, however, I'm not 100% certain.

Jenn

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chef de chambre
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posted 04-23-2009 06:04 AM

Hi Marianne,

The tunic is known as the 'gown of Charles the Bold', it was captured in 1476 at Grandson, and a part of die Burgunderbuete. At sometime in the 1st decade of the 16th century, it was altered to fit a Swiss mayor or Alderman, but I think otherwise, the garment was unchanged.

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Bob R.

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Marianne
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posted 04-25-2009 02:26 AM

Thanks a lot for the information.

Turns out I'd seen the jacket too, but in black and white and small pictures.
Going quickly through Bruges really made me want to do Burgundian. Shame I have no opportunity, really :/

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Flittie
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posted 08-03-2009 10:51 AM

The red gown is beautiful. It looks to me quite a lot like early-16th-century styles. How much was it altered?

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chef de chambre
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posted 08-14-2009 12:15 PM

Going by the current catalog, they think the sleeves were re-tailored at least.

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Bob R.

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Mike
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posted 08-28-2009 05:15 AM

Been to see the exhib.. awesome. Made my eyes hurt there was so much good stuff

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Fire Stryker
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posted 08-28-2009 06:34 AM

We'll have to live vicariously through the Museum catalogs since no US visit is planned and Vienna isn't the most inexpensive town in the world.

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ad finem fidelis

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Mike
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posted 09-04-2009 04:23 AM

I was under the impression that it was going to the MET??

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Gwen
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posted 09-04-2009 11:41 AM

Jeff saw the coat a couple of weeks ago when he was in Belgium and they had it displayed backwards. It might be good if they got a curator who knew something about clothing to work on the exhibit.

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