On Elizabethan hoods, linings & furs, and a petticoat idea

[kimikosews]

Last night, while otherwise occupied, I was reading through a few more pages of "Lost from Her Majesties Back" by Janet Arnold. It is a copy that I received from a friend with great thanks some time ago. I've scanned through the pages some time back, but not actually *read* the entries and all the details it has. Someday I will do a database or

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[sorcha715]

Regarding the "Petycoate of murrey damaske with a brode border of oken leaves fourmed with venice gold".... was there a photo of it? Or just the description? Would love to see the photo if there is one.

[kimikosews]

Sadly, just the plain text description. This book is just the various entries made into a journal, noting when Her Maj lost this or that item, who received gifts, and when certain old clothes were disposed of for the most part.

Some garment entries are pretty well described, some not so much. Various people wrote the entries which is why the differences.

[chindora]

I see that your reference is specifically to garments that are mentioned in this inventory of garments that were worn by Queen Elizabeth I, or given to her, or by her to her ladies. Would you say that a fine wool flannel would be an appropriate material for a common woman to have her hood made from?

I have been working very diligently on some style questions that I have regarding French hoods, and specifically the *bag* style that we seen portrayed commonly these days, and that is shown in the Tudor Tailor. I know that you are also interested in this as well, and will keep you in the loop as my research progresses. I have some ideas, and am building different examples to try to get my results to look like the paintings.

[kimikosews]

I'm still not sure a common woman would have a hood in the fashion of the upper ladies, but they did wear hoods of a sort, and they were wool from what I understand, with a linen cap. Some of the hoods in early illuminations appear to be linen as well, but they look more like what a nun would wear, sorta.

I've done some work on Anne of Brittany style of early 16th c. hoods that I need to finish up and do a writeup on. But I am presuming you are speaking of later Tudor styles of French hoods. Yes, please let me know what you come up with in your research. Bagged hoods I've done little on.

[florentinescot]

Kimiko, may I have the citation for that article? I'd like to ILL a copy!

[kimikosews]

It isn't an article but a full book. 'Lost from Her Majesties Back' by Janet Arnold, The Costume Society 1980, Costume Society Extra Series No. 7.

I don't see an imdb # listed, but Maney Publishing supposedly still has copies available, but they don't list a price online that I could find. Still, there are copies in libraries all over (just not in my local area).

Enjoy!

[florentinescot]

Thanks!