HENRY VIII On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Sue Harvey wrote: ....I was lucky enough to get a couple of photos of Henry VIII and did notice that the front of his costumes seemed to be decorated with gold bobbin lace....
Hi Sue, you obviously had a wonderful day out at Hampton Court. Thank you for posting the photos. The costumes look splendid, and really bring the portraits to life. I think the goldwork may have been embroidery rather than lace on the original. Though, again going by contemporary portraits, gold lace and bobbin-made braids were around before the white linen laces came to England. Very little actual lace survives from this (or any other) period because the valuable gold could be melted down and used again. LADY JANE GREY On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: ....I have seen a photo of a painting where Lady Jane Grey certainly had narrow torchon-type lace around her cuffs.... Hi Liz, I'm intrigued to know what Portrait you are referring to. There aren't that many, and most (if not all) are later copies rather than strictly contemporary. The National Portrait Gallery in London has recently put on display a painting newly identified as Jane Grey, but even that was painted 40 years after her death. It has no lace - just a little embroidery at the neck and cuffs. Bridget Marrow, in Pinner, Middlesex. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
