The illumination was only recently found in a friends book on illuminations, so
it is new online. When I saw the image I knew that it was the key image on
French hoods since it clearly shows three angles, including that tube. I knew
the Mary Tudor coin held a key, as well as the French woodcut, but when it
shows up in full color, there is no mistaking any of the details.
The reason why I will remake the whole thing is my hood has only the front
portion with no backside or under coif. With the new image, I now believe it is
a full coif as the base, with everything else added to that coif. Or at least
that is my take on the image.
On your gown and French hood, I love how you look in the whole thing. Very
beautifully done. And I agree about that dark hood in a dark background being
hard to capture. But you look so very good.
Kimiko
Melanie Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kimiko Small wrote:
> http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/FrenchHood/1530/BathshebaHead1.html
Yes, this is another great one and is the earliest profile of the French
hood that I've seen (earlier ones are of the transition style just
before)--I just didn't know it was online anywhere. Danielle
Nunn-Weinberg pointed it out to me.
<snip>
It does look nice, and is a very good example of that construction.
Perhaps you can use the front and just replace the back?
>I would love to see yours when you are done.
It's online, though you can't really see the back very well, at
http://www.faucet.net/costume/period/yellow.html
(especially the second picture)
Taking pictures of this made me appreciate why it's so hard to see the
details of the backs of French hoods in non-profile paintings--black
velvet (and black fabric in general) just doesn't reflect light very well!
Melanie
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