Sujet
Coif, late 1500s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Coif, late 1500s. Sumptuous interlacing scrolls bearing flora and fruit decorate this headdress set composed of a coif, or cap (1934.206), and forehead cloth (1934.231). Individual motifs representing England appear within the scrolls, such as the Tudor rose, carnation, honeysuckle, and acorn. Fashionable ladies wore coifs in the house as semiformal dress and in bed for receiving. The large loops along its lower edge were drawn together to keep it in place. Worn pointing backward, the forehead cloth functioned like a visor, supposedly preventing wrinkles and keeping off the sun and cold air.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F76_041
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
48,3Mo (8,1Mo) / 45,8cm x 26,4cm / 5406 x 3120 (300dpi)