Well, at least now I know my kids aren't the only babies that are always
trying to stick their hands down the front of my shirt. Elizabethan
babies apparently did the same!
Natalie
On 5/24/2011 9:14 AM, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
Hi Bjarne,
There are very few images of upper-class ladies wearing coifs, which is to say
that they may have been more commonly worn at home. However, here's one from
the 1560s:
http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/KatherineGrey.jpg
and another from 1567:
http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/Theophila.jpg
The triangle in the front is a forehead cloth worn with the point forward over
the coif. Some people have found images that they think are forehead cloths
worn under coifs or forehead cloths worn over coifs with the point backward.
These are mostly on lower-class women. There are some extant forehead cloths
if you're interested.
Cheers,
Melanie Schuessler
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