To see a small picture of the cover go to
http://www.themagazineantiques.com/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=1215&Itemid=45
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.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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