*Yellow* "starched ruffs and bands"? *Yellow* ruff (on Mrs Turner)?
Yellow??? What "gives" here, does anyone know? Does Planche mean
"gilt" (metallic), or yellowed linen? And, if linen, how come it was
allowed to get yellow? This is the first time I've *ever* heard of
yellow lace and here he seems to be suggesting it was commonplace..<<<.
I have heard of this before; that the linen didn't "yellow" on its own,
it was deliberately treated in some manner so that it became bright
yellow. I don't know how long the colour lasted - linen is notoriously
difficult to dye, and I don't think the colour change was due to a dye
so much as some kind of yellow starch being used, which would of course
wash out.<<<<<<
Could the yellow colouring have been produced from Saffron which was grown
in the Elizabethan times in Essex, the town of Saffrdon Walden takes it's
name from the Crocuses grown in the area for the Saffron Perhaps Saffron
was mixed with starch to make the Yellow Starched Ruffs and Bands.
Regards
Jenny DeAngelis
Spain.
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