I saw the image on Google Images and made the following observations:
the girls appear to come from a wealthy family
Both are well dressed gathering flowers; they could be wearing silks, brocades, with lace at wrists and neckline; maybe chiffon or delicate organdy with a velvet ribbon at the neck; also dresses maybe damask or organza, or toile
I would ask what materials were popular at the time for women/girls of this class
what type of dress material would girls from a wealthy family use for day/evening wear, what was popular at the time;
is the setting a formal one or an everyday setting,; then I would look for other images of women created during the same period in the same country or in nearby countries
Several years ago at a Chicano/a art exhibit in San Francisco, one artist created a large painting depicting various items of clothes, male/female jackets, skirts & blouses, children's clothes in different colors of paint, strewn over a large canvas. I think it was titled La Migra or immigration. I concluded that the clothes were shed by immigrants on their way to California in order to lighten what they were carrying.
Happy hunting.
Socorro Maria Pelayo, J.D., MLIS
On Friday, October 8, 2021, 08:07:28 AM PDT, Rachel Beckwith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear ARLIS friends,
I am working with a student who is researching the painting "Two
Sisters" by Giacomo Ceruti from the 1720s. This student wants to
re-create the dress in the painting, and needs to order fabric soon. We
can't find too much about exactly what type of fabric the dress would
have been made from. Does anyone have further ideas for sources to get
to this information?
With many thanks in advance.
All best,
Rachel
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