Re: [h-cost] Tudor/Elizabethan Jewelery
At 06:04 13/05/2006, you wrote: Hi. I don't know if they ever did a reprint, but there is the London Museum Catalog #2 Cheapside Hoard dated 1928. It doesn't seem to have anything definitely an earring, though, but has some pendants which might have been, but who knows? Sorry, Mike T. There is a brand new, little, book about the Cheapside hoard, available from the museum shop but that is later than Tudor, and I would not have thought would be suitable. Suzi Melody Watts wrote: HI, Can anyone reccomend a book ,with drawings or photos , of Tudor and Elizabethan jewelery? Or even leads to good paintings would help... I 'm trying to reproduce Elizabethan earrings and I don't know wether they had pierced ears ,for ladies and gents, at that time period,or wether piercing was consider "Crude" or lower class? If it was acceptable, how were pearls or jewels suspended from the wires? I'm assuming they were wires- not post/studs-, if they were wires what shape were they? Any and all info greatly appreciated. melody ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Tudor/Elizabethan Jewelery
Hi. I don't know if they ever did a reprint, but there is the London Museum Catalog #2 Cheapside Hoard dated 1928. It doesn't seem to have anything definitely an earring, though, but has some pendants which might have been, but who knows? Sorry, Mike T. Melody Watts wrote: HI, Can anyone reccomend a book ,with drawings or photos , of Tudor and Elizabethan jewelery? Or even leads to good paintings would help... I 'm trying to reproduce Elizabethan earrings and I don't know wether they had pierced ears ,for ladies and gents, at that time period,or wether piercing was consider "Crude" or lower class? If it was acceptable, how were pearls or jewels suspended from the wires? I'm assuming they were wires- not post/studs-, if they were wires what shape were they? Any and all info greatly appreciated. melody __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Tudor/Elizabethan Jewelery
- Original Message - From: "Melody Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 3:15 AM Subject: [h-cost] Tudor/Elizabethan Jewelery HI, Can anyone reccomend a book ,with drawings or photos , of Tudor and Elizabethan jewelery? There is one called Tudor Jewelry by Diana Scarisbrick that is just jammed with pretty pictures. It's out of print, but I've seen it at abebooks, for under $50. Dianne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Tudor/Elizabethan Jewelery
At 08:15 12/05/2006, you wrote: HI, Can anyone reccomend a book ,with drawings or photos , of Tudor and Elizabethan jewelery? Or even leads to good paintings would help... I 'm trying to reproduce Elizabethan earrings and I don't know wether they had pierced ears ,for ladies and gents, at that time period,or wether piercing was consider "Crude" or lower class? If it was acceptable, how were pearls or jewels suspended from the wires? I'm assuming they were wires- not post/studs-, if they were wires what shape were they? Any and all info greatly appreciated. melody There is a catalogue of an exhibition called "Princely Magnificence" which has photos of jewellery for the period you are interested in. It has scholarly articles, and photos of people wearing jewellery as well as the jewellery itself. I have a copy and can post more details if it would help. It is quite old, though, (maybe 15-20 years) and possibly out of print. I seem to remember it was an exhibition at the V and A. To answer your question, pierced ears have been fashionable for hundreds of years, and I believe that you can see earrings on most of the portraits of Queen Elizabeth that are pierced in style. However, you also see them "hung" on the ears with narrow, usually black, ribbon. Unfortunately I cannot remember which particular painting I've seen with this effect. I don't know what style of wire is correct, but when Annie the Pedlar (http://www.anniethepedlar.com/) made the earrings for my Elizabeth figure, she did a lot of research, and made earrings with a sort of concealed fastening so the "rings" looked like complete hoops. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Tudor/Elizabethan Jewelery
HI, Can anyone reccomend a book ,with drawings or photos , of Tudor and Elizabethan jewelery? Or even leads to good paintings would help... I 'm trying to reproduce Elizabethan earrings and I don't know wether they had pierced ears ,for ladies and gents, at that time period,or wether piercing was consider "Crude" or lower class? If it was acceptable, how were pearls or jewels suspended from the wires? I'm assuming they were wires- not post/studs-, if they were wires what shape were they? Any and all info greatly appreciated. melody __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
