Nice pics... God I wish I had more time to sew. :) The Mary Tudor portrait... that looks like multi-coloured tatted lace on the under-sleeves, between the chemise puffs. How far back does tatting go?
Meli On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Margaret wrote: > > > > I just happened to borrow Strong's English Icon, so I thumbed through it > looking for black ruffs. There aren't any all-black ruffs, but there are a > few edged in black and a few more that are heavily embroidered with > blackwork. I could only find three online: > > http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/ThomasHoward1.jpg > http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/FrancisSidney.jpg > http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/blackmary.jpg<http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/tudor/blackmary.jpg> > > If you'd like more pictures, email me privately and I'll see if I can get > them scanned. > > Margaret Roe _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
