-----Original Message----- >>Oh, I just noticed the wires through the pearls in her parure. Very cool.
>parure? >De I'm not the one who use the word above, but I'll tell you what it means to me. Literally "ornament" (French). I've never heard or read the word in assn with 16th c costume. It's quite popular among us Victorians to indicate an ensemble of jewelry, usually a matched set of e.g. earrings, necklace, bracelet. There's probably a technical meaning around, too. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
