Jane Seymour's Gable Hood
The dress
is laced under the stomacher by a finger looped silk braid with
a brass point and there is left a gap, which is typical
for paintings of Jane Seymour. There is a gable hood on a head, conservative headwear made of buckram and a wire covered by
wool, the outer layer is made of white silk satin, black silk
fabric and linen lining. Lappets are made of half-silk brocade
completed with embroidery of white silk and golden thread to looks
like the lappets at the portrait. The front part of the hood is decorated with a real
pearls and gilded metal beads. There is a hairstyle made of
crossed braids under the hood, these braids are covered with a
separate stripe of striped silk. |