They bought reproduction brocades at enormous expense but used whatever was lying around for the lace? Regardless of what lace they used, it isn't the same type of ruff as the one in the picture.
MaggiRos On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:12 PM, monica spence <[email protected]>wrote: > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 < > [email protected]> 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<http://www.flickr.com/photos/22977...@n08/2724203114/sizes/l/in/set-72157606%0A495042137/I%27m> > > 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? > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
