The fichu was one her mother had thrown away long ago, and Esther had rescued. |
The canvas in which the woman, wearing a pink dress and greenish fichu, is set against flowered wallpaper was made explicitly as a gift for Gauguin. |
It only wants the sleeves shortened and some lace put in, and the neck turned down to make it lower, and then a fichu put round. |
I'm definitely not a fan of chemisettes, as seen on the right, so I made the fichu on the left, which is just a triangle of cotton netting. |
There were ruffles of point lace in the full sleeves, and she held up the point-lace cap and fichu that completed the costume. |
She paused to shake out the lustrous silk and spread the fichu over it that I might see the delicate pattern of the lace. |