Kit for an Elizabethan ruff - plain or lace trimmed Style:Lace/Ramie and wearing it near the

and wearing it near the skin was considered beneficial to one's well-being

T All finishing is by hand and there is no visible machine stitching on the inside or outside

This is a new volume from the Stuart Press Living History Reference Books Series

Previously sold as part of a four-part pack (Henrician man's doublet

A noteworthy inclusion is an early livery issued to Henry VII’s newly-founded Yeomen of the Guard

Kit for an Elizabethan ruff - plain or lace trimmed Style:Lace/Ramie and wearing it near theEverything you need to make an accurate starched linen Elizabethan ruff! Ruffs are the quintessential item of Elizabethan neckwear. Beginning as the gathered frills on shirt collars and cuffs, they grew into separate, exaggerated, formal sewts (neck and wrist ruffs). Despite the popularity of the fashion, such excesses were prohibited to the majority of the population. An edict of 1611 attempted to restrict the size of ruffs and the material from