Dear Lace Lovers, In a large bookstore, you can find the American magazine "Antiques". They allow you to sit and read, so find a comfortable place and examine the details in the *cover portrait* - of Lady Diana Cecil (d. 1633), Countess of Oxford, attributed to William Larkin (c. 1585-1619), 1614-1618. Oil on canvas approximately 81" long x 47" wide. Suffolk Collection, on view at Kenwood House, London; photograph by courtesy of English Heritage Photo Library. A smaller, uncropped, image of the painting is on page 73. The article is about wearing of rings in medieval and Renaissance society, and the fact rings announced their owner's wealth, marital, and class status or claims to pious devotion of ecclesiastical authority. Text does not comment about the lavish lace ruff and cuffs and very large handkerchief edged in approximately 3-4" of lace (I measured my fingers and compared to hers to arrive at width of lace). And, what do you think of the gold embellishments on gown, chair/pillow, and draperies? Surely, some were made using lace making techniques, then appliqued in place! I would prefer less slashing of the gown's fabric, but that was the custom of the time, as can be seen on some Royal portraits. Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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