Here are some pictures so that you can see what I was describing:
Views from the top and bottom:
Back view showing temporary tabs that atach the farthingale to the corset…
…and side view on my mannequin:
You can see where the bottom bents are poking up through the top crescent fabric, but that’ll be corrected in version 3, when I get to it.
All in all, it’s not too bad, huh? It looked like it would produce the correct silhouette…
…but to be sure, I decided to put a full over- and under-skirt set weighing 4 pounds on top of it to see what would happen. The skirt was made for a Spanish farthingale, so ignore the drape…I’ll need to make a new gown specifically for this farthingale if I want the skirts to drape properly.
Otherwise, you can see that my farthingale produces the “flat top” effect that is seen in portraits. The pinning of the flounce was done in less than five minutes, because I was in a rush, but I think that more careful pinning will produce an even more authentic and period-appropriate silhouette.
Front view showing half-pinned and half-plain effects on the skirt’s drape:
So that’s what I’ve got so far. I also have pictures of the actual construction process which you can see by clicking here or following the navigation buttons on the top right hand corner of this page.
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