IMHO, they're not folded and stitched onto a wide neckband till the early 1600s. I cite as evidence those portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots, which show her ruff from two different angles. I think earlier ones are tightly gathered at the seam at the top of the neck band, heavily starched, and goffered into place with a hot iron. That's why the earlier ones are narrower at the neck edge, and why the later ones are so "head on a plate".
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Hanna Zickermann <[email protected]>wrote: > Not really read, but it´s the technique described in "Period Patterns for > Stage and Screen". I always liked the way the ruffs turned out, but I´m > beginning to doubt the historical accuracy of the technique, so I thought > I´d ask here. > > Hanna > > > At 21:18 09.04.2009, you wrote: > > This is curious - someone else mentioned to me the other day that they had >> read in Janet Arnold's "new" book, POF4 that the ruffs were never stitched >> to hold the folds in shape. (She cited the back part of the book where >> starching and shaping was described.) >> >> I reread that section and could see that the ruff they were working with, >> indeed was not sewn with stitches, but I didn't see anything that said they >> were never sewn. >> >> Are you citing something you have read? >> >> Sg >> >> > Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:39:41 +0200 >> > To: [email protected] >> > From: [email protected] >> > Subject: [h-cost] Stitching on ruffs >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > has anyone ever seen a ruff that really had the stitching along the >> > outer edge to keep the "8"s in shape? "Period Costume for Stage and >> > Screen" even suggests embellishing the ruff with beads on top of >> > these stitches, but I feel they are just a theatrical neccessity as >> > the ruffs are not properly starched and must keep their shapes in >> > nylon material. >> > Or is there evidence that these stitches would have been used as a >> > decorative feature as well and that they are documentable? >> > >> > Thank you, >> > Hanna >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > h-costume mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- Blank paper is God's way of saying it ain't so easy being God. -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
