| Note: The title of this article is conjecture and may be subject to change. |
| Old seamstress | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Crownlands |
| Book | A Storm of Swords (appears) |
An old seamstress is a dressmaker in King's Landing. Her given name is unknown.
Appearance and Character
The dressmaker is an old woman.[1] She employs six other seamstresses and twelve apprentice girls.[1]
History
Queen Cersei Lannister has used the seamstress's services for many years.[1]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
Queen Regent Cersei Lannister commissions the seamstress to create a new gown for Sansa Stark, who has outgrown or lost much of her wardrobe. The seamstress measures Sansa and makes the girl blush after complimenting her bosom. Sansa assumes the new gown is being made for the upcoming wedding of King Joffrey I Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell, and she hopes to bring it with her when she goes to Highgarden to meet Willas Tyrell.[1]
Unbeknownst to Sansa, the Lannisters have learned of the Tyrell plot to marry her to Willas, and they decide that Sansa will instead marry Cersei's brother, Tyrion Lannister.[2]
When the new gown is ready, Cersei watches as the seamstress fits it to Sansa. The gown is ivory samite and cloth-of-silver, lined with silvery satin. The slashed bodice almost reaches Sansa's belly, with the vee covered with a panel of dove-grey Myrish lace. Its skirts are long and full, and its waist is very tight. Sansa is also given silk smallclothes and soft grey doeskin slippers. Sansa feels beautiful in her new attire, but is then shocked when Cersei reveals that she is to immediately marry Tyrion. Cersei orders Ser Meryn Trant and Ser Osmund Kettleblack to escort Sansa to the royal sept, warning the Kingsguard not to damage the expensive gown.[3]
Quotes
Sansa: A new gown?
Seamstress: More lovely than any you have worn, my lady. All silk and Myrish lace, with satin linings. You will be very beautiful. The queen herself has commanded it.[1]—Sansa Stark and the seamstress
Sansa: What color will it be?
Seamstress: Leave the colors to me, my lady. You will be pleased, I know you will. You shall have smallclothes and hose as well, kirtles and mantles and cloaks, and all else befitting a ... a lovely young lady of noble birth.[1]—Sansa Stark and the seamstress
Seamstress: You are very beautiful, my lady.
Sansa: I am, aren't I?[3]—Seamstress and Sansa Stark
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 16, Sansa II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 28, Sansa III.