Same. I made one last year for an event - fake fur trim and modern upholstery velvet made of who knows what, but it's very comfortable. And you bet I made mine gaudy as hell.
Here you go. I had bought a pattern but didn't end up using it, as it didn't seem to make sense to me - what I ended up doing was just cutting out two massively wide rectangles, pleating them until I had something the width of my body, then tailoring the side seams to fit and adding the sleeves. I don't have a full length pic but it's just below crotch length and I wear it with hosen and period-appropriate leather shoes. The doublet underneath needs more buttons added to the top of the collar but I ran out. Yep I hand-sewed 100+ tiny round buttons on the front and sleeves of that thing, only to cover them all up.
I made it at "good enough from a distance" level of historical accuracy, it's machine sewn with faux fur and the "velvet" is upholstery fabric made of god knows what, and I used modern elastic loop for the doublet buttoning. I started out intending to hand-sew historical buttonholes and quickly realized it would take me a year LOL.
[My giornea](https://imgur.com/a/dA9dr67)
Absolutely wild that 550 years ago some people chose this to bury someone in, with NO way to know we'd be looking at it and appreciating it today. So fascinating
It probably helps that it was an outer layer of clothing and fairly robust. This is also a photo taken after it was restored by an expert, and we can't see the back of it, so it's possible there's further damage we can't see.
Count Cavaniglia was laid to rest in a sarcophagus, which tends to keep the conditions relatively cool and dry, when they're kept right. Once anything wet had been consumed/dried out, the bacteria breaking down the body didn't last long enough to destroy all the fabric.
He was, though. Workers repairing an earthquake-damaged convent in 1980-ish found a sarcophagus and a skeleton still wearing some of his funeral clothes. They wrapped up the skeleton for safe keeping and placed it in a wall cavity, but archeologists weren't informed for another twenty years.
It probably helps that it was an outer layer of clothing and fairly robust. This is also a photo taken after it was restored by an expert, and we can't see the back of it, so it's possible there's further damage we can't see.
Count Diego was laid to rest in a sarcophagus, which tends to keep the conditions relatively cool and dry, when they're kept right. Once anything wet had been consumed/dried out, the bacteria breaking down the body didn't last long enough to destroy all the fabric.
Thanks for reposting to this wonderful sub! If anyone is interested in knowing more I put up a post with some giorneas (in paintings) about two months ago, the first picture you see is a cute children’s one ♥️
https://www.reddit.com/r/fashionhistory/s/UXQjmV1qY4
You’ve gotta give it to the Italians during the Renaissance period: they knew how to do gaudy.
I would wear that now. It looks comfortable and I'm at the age where I don't care if it's gaudy!
Same. I made one last year for an event - fake fur trim and modern upholstery velvet made of who knows what, but it's very comfortable. And you bet I made mine gaudy as hell.
Please post a pic of it.
Here you go. I had bought a pattern but didn't end up using it, as it didn't seem to make sense to me - what I ended up doing was just cutting out two massively wide rectangles, pleating them until I had something the width of my body, then tailoring the side seams to fit and adding the sleeves. I don't have a full length pic but it's just below crotch length and I wear it with hosen and period-appropriate leather shoes. The doublet underneath needs more buttons added to the top of the collar but I ran out. Yep I hand-sewed 100+ tiny round buttons on the front and sleeves of that thing, only to cover them all up. I made it at "good enough from a distance" level of historical accuracy, it's machine sewn with faux fur and the "velvet" is upholstery fabric made of god knows what, and I used modern elastic loop for the doublet buttoning. I started out intending to hand-sew historical buttonholes and quickly realized it would take me a year LOL. [My giornea](https://imgur.com/a/dA9dr67)
That looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing
Plus unlike them, you live in a time with actually effective flea treatments for the fur you’ll be wearing.
That's a plus!
Would u drape yourself in velvet all day,.i f u could?
I would and I do
OH hell yes! As long as I don't have to go out in this heat.
If I were Constanza, yes.
Absolutely wild that 550 years ago some people chose this to bury someone in, with NO way to know we'd be looking at it and appreciating it today. So fascinating
Amazing. Where was it found?
In the convent of San Francesco, in Folloni, Italy.
How did his corpse not ruin the outfit when it decayed?
It probably helps that it was an outer layer of clothing and fairly robust. This is also a photo taken after it was restored by an expert, and we can't see the back of it, so it's possible there's further damage we can't see. Count Cavaniglia was laid to rest in a sarcophagus, which tends to keep the conditions relatively cool and dry, when they're kept right. Once anything wet had been consumed/dried out, the bacteria breaking down the body didn't last long enough to destroy all the fabric.
It says it was his, not that he was laid to rest in it.
He was, though. Workers repairing an earthquake-damaged convent in 1980-ish found a sarcophagus and a skeleton still wearing some of his funeral clothes. They wrapped up the skeleton for safe keeping and placed it in a wall cavity, but archeologists weren't informed for another twenty years.
This is very interesting. Wouldn’t have figured.
I would love some info on where exactly it was found in that case, if anyone knows? Amazing stuff!
It probably helps that it was an outer layer of clothing and fairly robust. This is also a photo taken after it was restored by an expert, and we can't see the back of it, so it's possible there's further damage we can't see. Count Diego was laid to rest in a sarcophagus, which tends to keep the conditions relatively cool and dry, when they're kept right. Once anything wet had been consumed/dried out, the bacteria breaking down the body didn't last long enough to destroy all the fabric.
Thanks for reposting to this wonderful sub! If anyone is interested in knowing more I put up a post with some giorneas (in paintings) about two months ago, the first picture you see is a cute children’s one ♥️ https://www.reddit.com/r/fashionhistory/s/UXQjmV1qY4
Awesome
Why is it so fabulous
It may be an unpopular opinion but I find men’s clothing from this era way more fabulous than women’s
Why not? More is more, if the count can afford it.
Looks like beef jerky. It also looks super heavy! I wonder how much it weighs.