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Burgundian Noblemen's Underclothes c1445-1475

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Arguments for a gusseted neckline<br />

There is persuasive visual evidence for a shirt with a gusseted neckline in Italy during<br />

this period; however, most of the <strong>Burgundian</strong> portraits that show the characteristic foldover<br />

are after <strong>1475</strong>. This construction could provide the flat expanse across the<br />

collarbones (beneath the top lacing) without slipping down.<br />

Figure 5.33<br />

Master Lorenzo Petrucci’s construction diagram for an<br />

Italian camicia<br />

Figure 5.36<br />

1480 Hans Memling, Portrait of a Man with a Roman Coin<br />

Figure 5.34<br />

1452-66 Italy. Piero della Francesca,<br />

Discovery of the True Cross (detail)<br />

Figure 5.37<br />

1480 Hans Memling, Portrait of a man<br />

with a Letter<br />

Figure 5.35<br />

<strong>1475</strong> Italy. Antonello da Messina,<br />

Portrait of a Man<br />

Figure 5.38<br />

Paris, muse du petit palais<br />

L Dut 456 fol18v, Bourgogne<br />

This may be showing a neckline<br />

with a slit or it may be showing<br />

the gusset folded over.<br />

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