Reproduction VS Modern
Reproduction VS Modern
On the left is a photo of my hat model Dianna Guzman and on the right is a picture of A. Bronsinoïs portrait of Laudonia deÍ Medici, c. 1560-65. Even thought I didnÍt have a picture of this portrait in front of me when I was making my black Elizabethan Court costume (seen on this site), I had seen it in a costume book I had long sense returned. I must have stuck with me. The similarities are great. But this time when I went to make a replica of the hat I studied it for a long time. I always thought that the decorations between sections were circles of pearls, I got this idea from a drawing in ñThe mode in Hats and Headdressesî and from a brimless hat in Elizabeth R worn by Robert DudleyÍs Sister. But under closer examination I saw that they were four pearl gold medallions, I couldnÍt find anything that I liked so, I used 1/2ñ very short barrel beads as seats for large pearls and sewed them as if they were a single item. My only wish would have been to see this portrait in color.
