A Modesty Piece was a ruffle of gathered lace, or linen fabric with a
lace edge, worn across the top of the stomacher.
I think it may have helped conceal a cleavage line, since you rarely
see artwork with that line.
Some reenactors call a neck-handkerchief (fichu) a modesty piece, but
the term was not used for that in the 18th century. So don't let them
confuse you. :-)
-Carol
> Is there an english term of a piece of clothing called a modest?
> In a danish inventory there is the term of modester in plural, have never
> heard that word before. Its inventories from 1720 and 1730.
>
> Bjarne
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