That's the look I was talking about. The chemise neck has a small ruffle, but it's not a big ruff. Sharon
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexandria Doyle Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:48 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Images of 16th century ladies. > > > 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 > > > I don't have the book to hand, that whole at work thing, but I do > recall some needleworks showing ladies about the garden that while > they have the high neck/partlet/ruff on and it's allowed to fall open > at the neck, creating a bit of a different look. If that helps I can > scan a copy in, in an hour or two, Alex _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
