Restoration study of the French court costumes of the Rococo era-Make up to dress and sericulture the silkworm eggs of Europe

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520194
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Nihon University (2013-2015); Osaka Shoin Women's University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: IZUHARA Tsukie 日本大学, 理工学部, 教授 (40440036)
• Research Collaborator: INOUE Hajime 蚕業技術研究所, 元所長 ; SINNBO Hiroshi 蚕業技術研究所, 所長 ; SIROTA Takeshi 蚕業技術研究所, 主任研究員 ; HAMADA Kunio 神戸ファッション美術館, 主席学芸員 ; TAKABAYASHI Chiyuki 岡谷蚕糸博物館, 館長 ; YOSHIDA Kozo 吉田手織工房, 主催者 ; TOMIYAMA Hiroki 財団法人手織技術振興財団, 顧問 ; KUNO Mai 大原和服専門学校, 講師 ; TAKAGI Mari 文化服装学院, 講師 ; SHIBUYA Maya 文化服装学院, 講師 ; Institute of Sericulture, Dainippon Silk Foundation ; TANAKANAO SENRYOTEN
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ロココ宮廷衣裳 / 服装史 / 美学 / 復元 / 蚕遺伝資源 / 養蚕 / 絣技術記録 / ドレス制作

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this paper, the aesthetic sense of women’s dress in the eighteenth century French court is described on the basis of the findings from the restoration work.In the study of the restoration of the 18th century French court costumes, In previous restoration work, a problem was left unresolved that the sense of touch between the original and the restored cloths was slightly different from each other. Therefore we started to make researches on reeling of silk yarn, the material of the fabric, and European species of silkworm eggs of the sericulture. European silkworm varieties of bygone days. It was investigated and found to be conserved as resources for research in The Dainippon Silk Foundation Institute of sericulture. And we did sericulture the 90,000 silkworm. Make the silk weaving ware lightly, there is a tension to keep the three-dimensional, but there was a soft features. Then, traditional craftsman dyed with natural dyes at the Kasuri,and we sewed the court dress.

Free Research Field

美学、服装史、博物館学、修復保存学