I was almost sure I had seen a discussion on this before, but am unable to find it in the archives of either list. I have scanned QEW but not seen anything...so I figured I'd ask you.
I am looking for pictorial or inventory evidence of black ruffs -black lace would be nice. 1500~1600. I found this quote from http://www.thelacemuseum.org/education/lacetypes.html "The portrait of Anne of Denmark shows delicate Flemish lace in considerable detail1. A painting of Eleanor of Austria (1498 – 1558) by Thomas de Leu shows a tight bodice edged with a border of very simple black bobbin lace,2 and one painted by Hilliard in 1575 shows Queen Elizabeth wearing a shift edged in black needle lace to match her ruff. Ruffs made of pulled metal of silver and gold were fashionable in this period but a heavy black needle lace was often used instead." I am not sure if these are the pictures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anne_of_Denmark_Gheeraerts.jpg http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~buckley/elizabeth1.jpg Thanks, Sg _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
