Titian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Woman Holding an Apple was painted by Titian, dating to approximately 1550–1555. It is currently housed at the National Gallery of Art.
Starting with the body linen on the woman in this painting: The body linen is not so voluminous in the body as to require a pleated or gathered neckline. It does have drape to the center front of the neckline. The neckline has no trim. This style is probably a modified ‘T-Tunic” style body linen. The neckline is unadorned. The sleeves of the body linen are also full and are not brought to a tight cuff at the wrists. The edge of the sleeve cuff is trimmed in a narrow gold lace.
The fabric of the dress appears to be a shot silk of green and gold. The cut of the dress is loosely based on Turkish Kaftans of the time. The differences between the two include that the Venetian version has a much lower and more open neckline than the Turkish Kaftans that were close to the neck; the Venetian dress is worn over a body linen, whereas the Turkish Kaftan is worn over a similarly cut long-sleeved garment called and Entari, which is itself worn over a body linen; and the closures on the Venetian style are two butted edges touching instead of the Turkish overlapped edges. The sleeves of the gown come to points above the elbow. The points are rotated around the arm, more towards the front of the body. There is a band of trim at the cuff. The trim is alternating jeweled ouches and pearls. This motif is also mirrored on the neckline and front opening of the gown. The gown is not form-fitting but looser, as can be seen by the folds in the fabric of the garment. HL Aenor de Pessac did a lovely PowerPoint presentation on this style of garment, the inspiration from the Turkish Kaftans and the differences thereof, as well as the patterning and construction on this garment. I relied heavily on this for my understanding of this painting.