Umm, that looks like a standard two-horned hennin (?) type headdress to me with a the lady dressed in a houpelande. With a ruffle edged veil pinned between the horns and plain edged on the back side? I would guess that the interesting things on the ruffled veil are broaches or veil pins with dangly bits. So wouldn't it be the same as the French and English versions? It doesn't look particularly Irish to me.
Margaret died in 1542, so this effigy is very anachronistic. She was the daughter of the Earl of Kildare who was Lord Deputy of Ireland for five consecutive English kings ending with Henry VIII. She appears to have had close ties to the English court. Therefore, the anachronistic appearance of her effigy would appear to be deliberate. Certainly, I don't think a high-ranking Irish noblewoman of the early to mid 1500s is going to be wearing a houpelande and hennin when her husband is a cousin to Thomas Boleyn and when Henry VIII himself suggested her son as a prospective bridegroom for his cousin Anne Boleyn. Just my thoughts after a quick view of the effigy and a check on Wikipedia for info on Margaret. Tuppence only. Gwenhwyfaer ferch Gwilym (Ginni Morgan) >>> Guenievre de Monmarche <[email protected]> 6/20/11 11:58 AM >>> For those, like me, who had to go look it up, an image of the headdress is here: http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/25836/1/ertk1721.jpg Guenièvre On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Regina Lawson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am reproducing the ensemble from the Margaret Fitzgerald tomb effigy, in > St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland. The headdress is the Irish > version of the heart shaped headdress. Any and all advice regarding > construction or application (kputting it on) would be greatly appreciated. > I have some ideas, but no practical experience with the style. > > Thanks, all. > > Ever, > Regina in L.A. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
