At 12:22 PM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
I have just spent heaven knows how long trying to find an image of
an English or French woman on the 1570's, who does not have either a
ruff, or a partlet, or a closed up neckline.
I don't want Italian - I have Moda a Firenze. (and want to make
something from it, but it would not be right - boo!) I have checked
the two Clouet databases in the French "Joconde" system, which are
drool worthy, but unhelpful. I have checked www.marquise.de, "My
Gracious Silence", Vecellio et al, plus postcards and books till I
don't know what I am seeing.
I have to make a 6th dress for the court of Mary Queen of Scots, and
have set a date, arbitrarily, for about 1573 for them all. (5 years
either way would be fine.) So far all my dresses have partlets, worn
in various ways, both white and black, and ruffs. I am desperate to
find something accurate but different. Any help out there? I know a
lot of you are interested in this period.
Suzi
Given the ubiquity of ruffs in the 1570s, I'd be very surprised to
find a portrait that did not show a ruff of some style. The biggest
variation in the design of clothes tends to be in the sleeve style,
whether high- (also called a doublet bodice) or low-bodied (with a
partlet), and whether or not the overskirt is open over a
forepart. The other way to vary things is by fabric choices. But
there will not be a big variation in silhouette.
Mistress Blanche Parry, chief Gentlewoman to the Queen [GoSGN]
aka Joan Jurancich
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