Hi all,
I am working on a French hood c.1545, and I was wondering if anyone had any
suggestions for the gold "goffering" (is that the right term?) that is
usually found on the hood? It's that gold ribbon or something that is in
the front part of the crest, not the jewels which I understand are called
billiments.
I read one instruction set that calls for pleating organza by hand and
pressing by iron, but that sounds tedious and not quite the right look. To
my eye it looks more of a set pattern crinkle in an up and down pattern,
not really pleated as in a knife pleat, if that makes sense. But I am kinda
stumped as to how to go about doing this. I already have gold organza to
pleat, so I am not looking to find ribbon already done up, unless I really
have to.
And fwiw, I am basing my French hood on Princess Elizabeth's portrait,
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/kideliz.jpg
with hopefully similar jewel billiment set from Mary Tudor Brandon's
wedding portrait.
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/marytudor.jpg
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kimiko
Kimiko Small
http://www.kimiko1.com
Fresno, CA, USA
"Lady of the Wardrobe" for Isle of Mann Guild
Portraying at California's Central Valley Renaissance Faires
Lady Clifford, Countess of Cumberland
(Margaret Percy, Eleanor Brandon, or Margaret Russell)
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