So, I decided on three poofs, with one at the shoulder and two at the elbow. The sleeves are made of four-five layers of fabric. The outside is balck cotton velvet. The poofs are faked with handkerchief weight linen. The interlining is yellow cotton. The poofs are tacked down to the interlining, very similar to Saragrace's instructions for German sleeves. The sleeves are lined with black cotton to match the lining for the rest of the gown. I drafted the sleeve pattern from Baron Jose's "System of Thirds method".
I then appliqued bands of the gold and black brocade onto the sleeve. I added very thin black,white and gold trim to cover where I tacked the poofs to the interlining. This trim is very similar to trim found in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion (reference coming soon).
