Status of White Linen in Lia's Stash

General status: deplorably low.

Specific status: enough for a gathered partlet. So yay!

ETA:

I dug through my binder of patterns and pulled out the pattern I had prepared earlier. Looking at it I understood nothing at all. I based the gathered partlet on hleleanorsdress' so I went ahead and checked back to that source and things were made clear.

I've got my pattern pieces cut out and stitched together with a simple flat felled seam already. I've hemmed the armholes and am in the process of hemming the lower edge as well. After that, I just need to cut out a collar and (if I can manage it) ruffle.

Whoa..

I found a sweet sweet site of images of extant items, drawings, paintings etc.

On there I found two pics (back view, click 'suivante' for front) of what I can only describe as a ropa. The item number is RMN79033 if the link doesn't work. I did a search with period as the only term (16e siècle) and this ropa was on page 38. Loads of other goodies on the same site as well.

Further thought, the site gives the ropa the title of "robe d'intérieur" which makes me think this was a dressing gown worn as undress. In the extension I start pondering about my black ropa in the same way - putting on chemise, shirt, corset, petticoat and ropa and wander about til lunchtime like that, then change to proper full dress.