Eleonora de Medici's Burial Gown and Wardrobe!

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Ай бұрын

In this video we will be taking a look at 4 gowns the Duchess Eleonora de Medici wore in the 16th century. The first is her burial gown, discovered after an excavation project for the Medici’s, which is now displayed at Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The second is her famous velvet brocade gown seen in her official portrait by Agnolo Bronzino. And the final two gowns we discuss are crimson gowns, one of which is extant and the other is a recreation.
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@crystalmeier6579 Ай бұрын

As a professional seamstress of 30yrs, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I make replica medieval clothing for humans and dolls. While I try to work within my clients budgets, I realize the expense of the quality put into these lovely garments. ♥

@historybylynny Ай бұрын

How cool that you do that! 🙂 glad you enjoyed the video!

@JaRule6 17 күн бұрын

I used to be a custom clothier and I love to read about history. I have to tell you how blown away I am by this video. Thank you for sharing this with us ❤ 🙏🏻

@historybylynny 17 күн бұрын

Wow thank you so much! Im so glad you enjoyed it.

@elizabethsloan3192 29 күн бұрын

I have always loved her gowns. When I was 30, I was the exact size of her burial gown and made a replica for myself.

@JeanBray-cj3lu 26 күн бұрын

WOW!!!! I can not begin to imagine just how long it took to make each dress. And, how many women worked on the embroidery, the gem setting, lace work, and actual stitching of each gown!!! Plus, can you imagine the cost today of reproducing each one? All done by hand!!! I would love to see the actual handiwork , and touch one of them. Thank you for the lovely presentation, will be watching for more.

@historybylynny 25 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😀

@ankhpom9296 21 күн бұрын

Her gowns are wearable art!

@timefoolery 21 күн бұрын

Thank you! Eleanora is like my 15th or 16th great grandmother. I never knew anything about her until now!!

@ljcmsw 29 күн бұрын

The second dress, black/white, how did they make that fabric?! Stunning

@EriAug78 Ай бұрын

That 2nd dress is stunning!! Woah the 4th one too ! These are beautiful! I’d love to hear about her life

@ruthcleland5499 11 күн бұрын

yes please do a video of her Eleonora's full life

@beareid6053 28 күн бұрын

The portrait of her with her son is in the Detroit Institute of Art. I have seen it many times. That gown is amazing.

@historybylynny 28 күн бұрын

There is also one in Florence, so beautiful in person!

@Nicolas-io5hj 27 күн бұрын

Le tableau de Bronzino est au Palais Pitti! Rien à voir avec Détroit!!

@salemdesigns65 14 күн бұрын

Yes, that portrait with her son is indeed in Detroit. It's in the Italian galleries. I used to work at the D.I.A. back in the 80s, I would stand back and amaze over this piece all the time. I think around 2000 or so, it was removed (maybe for restoration?), yet the last time I was at the D.I.A. in 2010, it was there but in a different area. I think it's time to see it again!

@tommoncrieff1154 13 күн бұрын

The painting in Detroit is a Bronzino studio copy. It’s one of the ones sent out as gifts. The original by Bronzino is in the Pitti Palace in Florence. The copy is still hugely important and very valuable as it is contemporaneous.

@salemdesigns65 13 күн бұрын

@tommoncrieff1154 I still have connections at the D.I.A. I'm going to find out what's the deal, next week.

@ellerose9164 Ай бұрын

All of these dresses are gorgeous! Eleonora had great taste :) I only wonder how one could wear them in an italian summer. I know the fabrics back then were much more breatheable than our synthetic stuff, but still. How did they not overheat?

@historybylynny Ай бұрын

Definitely much more breathable but it was a bit cooler and they did have different fabrics for warmer months.

@sentatsantilis2591 Ай бұрын

Another fascinating video! I’ve been wondering lately how the dresses were stored & even cleaned? And what kind of shoes would have been worn with her dresses? Would love to see a video on Leonora’s life!! 🙏🏼🦉⚖️🌷💀

@monikahasch7441 Ай бұрын

2. Dress...because some time ago you could buy the fabric in CZ at Sartor ..they reproduced the fabric 🥰🥰 I bought it but never found the time to sew it 😢

@historybylynny Ай бұрын

Wow, do you still have it?

@peacockcrowe2718 28 күн бұрын

@@historybylynny Probably not. Sartor only does a limited amount of their reproduced fabrics, so once it's gone it's gone 😢

@dominicganteaume8274 20 күн бұрын

By all means do a video on Eleanora's life. She was an important consort to the Medicis.

@maureenkirby1207 22 күн бұрын

Love your videos 🎉 Please please please do a video on Eleonora's life.

@tonibarrone854 Ай бұрын

They took her gown off her the one she was buried in? Did they substitute something else?

@historybylynny Ай бұрын

No they did not. Just interred back with a new tomb

@jenjen.rutherford8559 Ай бұрын

Grave robbing really

@affenschwanz64 Ай бұрын

@@jenjen.rutherford8559 To whose personal profit? I think Eleonora is beyond caring at this point. They actually preserved something of her, allowing her to live on in some fashion, just like the portraits.

@aliceputt3133 25 күн бұрын

She must have been a skeleton and undressable.

@lovinglife419 14 күн бұрын

It’s truly disgusting they did this.

@nancytestani1470 Ай бұрын

This is so cool and fascinating. Love this. Always wondered about these beautiful fabrics, how they are made, where does silk, gold thread, silver thread come from. How are they made, everything about them. Where does the jewels come from, etc. what seamstress would make them?

@user-co6bn1wq7j 21 күн бұрын

your voice is so calming

@historybylynny 21 күн бұрын

😊 thanks!

@marciacoco9549 22 күн бұрын

The dresses are beautiful I’m wondering if they were heavy to wear. It would be great if you could do a video on her history 😊

@carlajohannes9987 27 күн бұрын

Is all the brown staining decomposition fluid?

@Angela-382 17 күн бұрын

Yes it is. Which makes it even more repellent that it was restored. The ethical thing to have done, in my opinion, would have been to examine it closely with the intention of making a replica, and then place it back with her remains.

@BelleWhittington 19 күн бұрын

Fabulous! Thank you for this video! I wonder if Eleonora's body was clothed in anything once her burial grown was removed...

@ChristophersMum 23 күн бұрын

It's beyond disgusting to think that they robbed her of her burial gown...to see all the stains that could only be from the deterioration of her body was sickening.

@Queensofafrica8 21 күн бұрын

Makes me wonder what they used to cover the body back up

@ankhpom9296 21 күн бұрын

How was she reburied, and in what?

@beckykent6674 19 күн бұрын

I totally agree! It's disgusting!!

@affenschwanz64 13 күн бұрын

@@Queensofafrica8 There was no "body," only bones. The Medici vaults were hit hard by the big flood of 1965 and I think minor floods over hundreds of years. It's actually surprising anything was left.

@lilydread8136 24 күн бұрын

How are you able to tell the colour/shades of the last dresses? I

@clare5one 28 күн бұрын

I subscribed. Excellent video.

@historybylynny 28 күн бұрын

Happy you are here, Thank you! 😀

@susanpolastaples9688 Ай бұрын

The pearl partlet dress and 5he red one similar to her burial gown

@dalestaley5637 16 күн бұрын

The second dress is my choice. It's beautiful, intricate and interesting in detail. It looks regal, whereas the others pale in comparison.

@wilhelminamarquart240 26 күн бұрын

Wonderful video I so love fashion and History and your video is a 100% on point so had to subscribe ❤

@historybylynny 26 күн бұрын

Thank you! So happy you are here 😀

@jessiecee6564 25 күн бұрын

Great video. This is a silly question but what did people wear back then in summer when it was really hot? Those dresses look really heavy, couldn’t imagine wearing that in the heat.

@historybylynny 25 күн бұрын

Pretty much the same styles but the fabrics were lighter and cooler for the warmer months.

@jessiecee6564 25 күн бұрын

@@historybylynny thank you 😊

@dionnegonsalves8188 Ай бұрын

.... Tomb opened & taken off her corpse? 🤔... really?... Hmm 😒 May her bones R.I.E.P 🙏🏽

@amierikke6225 11 күн бұрын

Very interesting. How tall was she? Are these gowns something she would wear daily, or for “official” type appearances or duties? If she didn’t wear something like these gowns, what would she have worn in everyday wear? What did her attendants wear?

@michellekemp3104 23 күн бұрын

While this is really interesting why on earth would you open someone’s tomb and take their clothing after hundreds of years, I think this is awful!!

@randomvintagefilm273 21 күн бұрын

Exactly, what the hell? These people are disgraceful! They are no better than any grave robber! How dare they do this

@jant4741 4 күн бұрын

Pay money to see her clothes! Same as the grotesque grave robbing in Egypt. 1000 years from now it’ll all be lost forever.

@Amy-hs1qe 20 күн бұрын

Very surprised the dress was permitted to be removed from the corpse/casket, particularly in these modern times (and is the discoloration bodily fluid?!). Interesting, thanks.

@nb9419 21 күн бұрын

Her name was Leonor de Toledo. She was Spanish. Leonor Álvarez de Toledo.

@historybylynny 21 күн бұрын

Yes, in the video i say she was born in Spain. 👍🏼 Eleonora di Toledo in Italian.

@nb9419 11 күн бұрын

@@historybylynny ,I know, I just mention it because there's a certain tendency in the Anglo-Saxon world to change Spanish names into Italian, even if it isn't necessary. This lady was Spanish, so her name is Leonor.In the same way Isabel de Castilla should be called Isabel or, if you prefer to translate, Elizabeth of Castille, hut not Isabella as she appears in the books of History , or Isabella II of Spain. Her name was Isabel II or, if you prefer, Elizabeth II of Spain. It's like if I said Isabelle II d'Angleterre for Elizabeth II. Spanish are not Italian, even if like in the case of Leonor, lived there. Have a lovely week.It's just a comment, take no offence, please.😘😘🎈💕

@kristenevans4557 17 күн бұрын

This video was fascinating. These gowns must have been so heavy and tiring to wear for long stretches of time.

@user-qn8vn6yo2p 28 күн бұрын

These gowns look heavy and hot. How did they keep them odor free and clean?

@aliceputt3133 25 күн бұрын

They wore a chemise underneath which could be washed and the sleeves were detachable and changeable.

@JohnKyleChalmers 25 күн бұрын

It was also significantly colder in Europe in the 16th century as they experienced a cold climate called The Little Ice Age (roughly late 14th century ~ early 18th century) where the climate in Europe was overall between 8°C and 10°C colder than current temperatures.

@ankhpom9296 21 күн бұрын

The gowns would have weight to them. Did she bathe? Unlikely it will seem. Imagine all that work and the fabrics while the wearer would have stunk to high heaven.

@JohnKyleChalmers 21 күн бұрын

@@ankhpom9296 that’s not true at all. Most people bathed often, at least a ‘towel bath’, and they wore easy to wash linens close to the skin to absorbs oils and sweat. They would stink any more than people do now.

@beckykent6674 19 күн бұрын

I disagree. We have deodorant now! People back then stunk but everyone was used to it!

@wkjeom 11 күн бұрын

The ehite dress.

@momof2momof2 12 күн бұрын

They removed her burial clothing from her remains?? I'm all for discovering history, and learning from it, but this is so disrespectful. Would someone want this to happen to their family member?

@dominicganteaume8274 19 күн бұрын

What is Eleanora, Grand Duchess of Tuscany wear now that her gown is in a museum? I take it her remains were reinterred.

@shushymcsecret993 25 күн бұрын

Do you think she is the Mona Lisa? I see a resemblance

@manuellubian5709 11 күн бұрын

So let me get this straight somebody actually took her gown off of her body and for what? Why would her gown have been taken off of her body or is the reason why we know what she was buried in is because it was drawn as in a portrait or a sketch before the closing of the casket?

@janniebee9501 18 күн бұрын

Oh, please scan your camera up the dress to Eleanora's sweet face. The artwork is divine!

@beckykent6674 19 күн бұрын

What?? Did they take this gown out of her casket??

@lindakoester8799 18 күн бұрын

I think it is grave robbing and absolutely abhorrent to defrock a corpse of it’s burial cloths for any reason! Who would do that??? Would they like their own corpse so disrespected?