Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 00:47 18/10/2007, you wrote:
I'm at work on an English gable hood, as seen in this image: http://
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Gablehood_front-back_c1535_detail.jpg
Unfortunately I don't have a clear enough image to be able to answer
this question: Is there a round button at the center of the
converging triangles on the black "box" on the back of her head? I
think I see it, but I'm not sure.
Thanks to anyone who can help!
I can't get the image to show up, but when I made my gable hood for
the Museum of London, I did not "see" a button." the shape of the
"pleats" on the box were formed simply by taking a tuck cross wise -
it is a bit lumpy where the pleats cross, and it certainly looked
pretty accurate, according to the Holbein drawing.
Suzi
Given the "front-back c1535" I'm guessing the picture is Holbein's
drawing of an unknown English lady - try this link:
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/backsketch.jpg If you take the url
back to ...tudor/ there's a great portfolio of pictures on this site.
I can see what you mean, but I never saw it as a button before you
suggested it, just the product of four triangles meeting. There are so
few pictures of the back of a gable hood, and with it always being black
it's hard to confirm details!
Jean
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