This is a copy of the outfit worn by Federigo Gonzaga C. 1529. I think they used what they had for the lace. Monica
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Maggie Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:17 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Splendors of the Renaissance photos It doesn't look much like (what we can make out of) the ruff in the painting is a copy of. MaggiRos Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 Available at your favorite online bookseller See our gallery at http://www.zazzle.com/popinjaypress On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Elizabeth Walpole < elizabeth.r.walp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On the topic of ruffs and cuffs, I wonder about the lace on this cuff > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/22977...@n08/2724203114/sizes/l/in/set-72157606 495042137/I'm > no lace expert, but embroidery on net, especially hexagonal/octagonal > net that fine strikes me as more 18th century than 16th century. > > Has anybody got evidence that embroidery on such a fine bobbin made net is > a > period way to make lace in the later 16th century? > > ------------------------------------------ > Elizabeth Walpole > http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
