English gable bonnet photo links
I'm not feeling like it is worth posting this directly here right now. But if you haven't seen the photos of the mostly done English gable bonnet, I posted them to FB here and here. If those don't show up, it is in this small public photo album here.
As a reminder, they are based on these two portraits (links given). Jane Seymour for the general shape and proportion (the bonnet ends around the mouth area by c.1536, and I wanted this bonnet originally for my 1530s outfit), and because I couldn't afford buying that many pearls, I went with Mary Guildford for the decoration using gold trim that was in my stash. This also makes the bonnet more appropriate for the lower station court ladies I usually ended up portraying at faire, ie Baroness or maybe Countess, but usually not Queen.
Still working to get a photo of me wearing it, but again, need to fully finish it with the hair wrap piece. I keep debating, paint stripes or just leave it as plain silk?
As a reminder, they are based on these two portraits (links given). Jane Seymour for the general shape and proportion (the bonnet ends around the mouth area by c.1536, and I wanted this bonnet originally for my 1530s outfit), and because I couldn't afford buying that many pearls, I went with Mary Guildford for the decoration using gold trim that was in my stash. This also makes the bonnet more appropriate for the lower station court ladies I usually ended up portraying at faire, ie Baroness or maybe Countess, but usually not Queen.
Still working to get a photo of me wearing it, but again, need to fully finish it with the hair wrap piece. I keep debating, paint stripes or just leave it as plain silk?