On May 27, 2009, at 2:59 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:
Thank you. Very interesting. Looks like what I want is a caul with a
decorated billiment. Does that sound like what they were wearing in
1570's?
A caul on its own is more likely. Billiments generally appeared on
the front of French hoods. Images do appear of a billiment with a
gathered bag on the back, like these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52219...@n00/517628674/
http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=548
but they generally appear on children, not adults.
The exception I've found is Christina of Denmark
http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/images/coxcie_michiel_fi_000.jpg
http://www.studio-international.co.uk/studio-images/holbein/
Christina_b.jpg
but hers lacks a decorative billiment.
This one
http://www.englandhistory.com/sections/government/Monarchs/
ElizabethI.jpg
looks like a decorated caul with a veil pinned so that the edge makes
small scallops over the top.
Melanie Schuessler
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