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Elizabeth I dress: Altar cloth may be Queen's gown
BBC ^ | May 16, 2016 | unattributed

Posted on 05/21/2016 4:37:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

The fabric at St Faith's Church in Bacton has been identified by experts as a piece of a 16th Century dress.

An examination by Historic Royal Palaces curators has strengthened a theory it formed part of a court dress.

The Queen is depicted in the Rainbow Portrait wearing a similar fabric, but no documentary evidence has been found to suggest the dress was worn by her.

Historians believe the monarch could have gifted the garment to one of her servants, Blanche Parry.

Dating back to the last decades of the 16th Century, the altar cloth that hung in a glass case at St Faith's Church has long been associated with Parry, who was born in Bacton.

It is made from cloth of silver; a high status fabric which Tudor sumptuary law dictated could only be worn by royalty or the highest echelons of the aristocracy.

Historic Royal Palaces joint chief curator Tracy Borman said: "This is an incredible find. Items of Tudor dress are exceptionally rare in any case, but to uncover one with such a close personal link to Queen Elizabeth I is almost unheard of.

"We're thrilled to be working with St Faith's Church to conserve this remarkable object, which will now be further examined by our conservation experts at Hampton Court Palace where we hope to be able to display it in future."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
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Remnants of a dress belonging to Queen Elizabeth I may have been found in an altar cloth in Herefordshire.

Remnants of a dress belonging to Queen Elizabeth I may have been found in an altar cloth in Herefordshire.

1 posted on 05/21/2016 4:37:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Waste not want not.


2 posted on 05/21/2016 4:37:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
"They build as if they should live forever, and live as if they should die tomorrow." -- I forget who, in reference to the Elizabethan court

3 posted on 05/21/2016 4:38:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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4 posted on 05/21/2016 4:51:46 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

That is gorgeous fabric-—all hand work. Stunning.


5 posted on 05/21/2016 4:57:36 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom ( Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Maths on a similar subject;

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x68xys_look-around-you-module-1-maths_news


6 posted on 05/21/2016 4:59:07 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: JoeProBono

See what can be done when your nose isn’t stuck in a phone or taking selfies.


7 posted on 05/21/2016 7:35:28 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: JoeProBono

Beautiful. Stunning.


8 posted on 05/21/2016 7:44:01 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: bgill

you can embroider your self blind

when I was in the Philippines napkins and table cloths with such work were available cheap. It was said the women on some unnamed (or unremembered island) were blind at an early age because of the work in poor light


9 posted on 05/22/2016 5:59:13 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
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To: SunkenCiv
Elizabeth I photo: elizabeth I Eliza04coronation.jpg This was in my Lord Buxton wallet.
10 posted on 05/22/2016 8:50:49 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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