PURPLE JAQUARD AND GOLD FILE QUEEN ELIZABETH GOWN (2005)
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE

Description: Royal purple jacquard skirt and bodice with copper beads, 3mm, 4mm and 6mm Swarovski crystals interspursed throughout. The forepart and sleeves are woven strips of burnished gold file, serged with copper thread and beaded with crystals, glass pearls, seed pearls, hematite and copper beads. The whisk is burnished gold organza.

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Copper thread also is embroidered on the panels


Here are close-ups of the woven forepart with the jeweling


Here is a close-up of the bodice and sleeve.

Purple bloomers by Hearts Delight

Shoes by Native Soles. They are custom made with matching material from the gown.

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