Mary Ann Waltham
- Creator:
- Quesnal, Francois, 1544-1619
- Published/Created:
- 1572
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Notes:
- A beautifully embroidered partlet fills in the square neckline. The headdres consists of a long, rectangular fabric which is placed lengthwise over the top of the head and falls down the back. The top part is stiffened or sewn or pinned to a coif underneath.
- Abstract:
- Elizabethan hair is pulled straight back, then frizzed into a pompadour which is slightly wider at the sides. Pads increase the height. A widow's peak and high arching temples are considered marks of beauty. Hat styles are largely determined by individual taste. Most popular are the steeple or sugarloaf, a small-brimmed hat which is perched on the side of the head. A lace-covered, heart-shaped frame, closely associated with Mary, Queen of Scots, dips in the center front and flares over the temples. There is a variety of small fitted caps. At the neck is a separate ruff, replacing the small shirt ruffle of the previous period. It has many styles and sizes. Two of the most common are the neck ruff and the standing ruff. The average neck ruff is four inches wide by three inches thick. Usually made of sheer fabric and edged in lace, it is pleated in several ways, most typically in the shape of a figure eight. The neck ruff frames the face and is slightly higher in back. Large ruffs are often supported by an under-propper, a wire arrangement set across the back of the shoulders. Normally ruffs are white; sometimes they are colored with starches in pastel shades or red. Another ruff style, primarily associated with Queen Elizabeth, is a large standing ruff which is wired into the shape of a double wing or trefoil.
- Topics:
- Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC)
Painting -- France -- 16th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Elizabethan
- Culture:
- French
- Accession Number:
- 4390-102
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
paintings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 3
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 3 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Althorp (Northamptonshire, England)
- OID:
- 10600448
- PID:
- digcoll:1805140