Thankyou Melanie,
The majority of danish portraits shows coifs mostly embroidered with pearls,
hats are seen, but rarely.
Bjarne
From: Melanie Schuessler
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:14 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] coifs
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
On May 23, 2011, at 4:58 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote:
May i ask about the coifs. The coifs seen in Arnolds books and manny other
places with blackwork are mostly as late as cirka 1600. How early did they
start to use these?
Bjarne
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