Is that an embroidered jacket or one of the knit ones? The Boston MFA seems to have several in their collection.
I'd love for this one you mention to have been an earlier version, perhaps something Elizabeth might have worn as a child or young princess, just so I can see if there was a progress in style or cut. (sigh) Wishful thinking, that's all alex On 9/21/07, Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A fair warning to others, tho', it isnt Elizabethan. The > > jacket in the portrait that they're copying is c 1614-18. > > > > However, one of the pieces they reference might be. There's an > embroidered jacket in the Boston MFA, done in silver and gold thread > instead of multicolored, believed to have belonged to Elizabeth I. I > remember seeing it several times when I was a student there. > Unfortunately, I have never found a picture of it, in any book or > online, since. I wonder if it is even still on display, given that it > was 20 years ago. It was exquisite, and so tiny, looked like it was made > for a 12 year old girl. > > > > Dawn > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- I can handle anything that life throws at me. I may not be able to handle it well, or correctly, or gracefully, or with finesse, or expediently -- but I will handle it. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
