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Jane Seymour's Gable Hood 

  The dress is laced under the stomacher by a finger looped silk braid with a hand made brass point and there is left a gap, which is typical for paintings of Jane Seymour. There is a gable hood on a head, a more 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. One veil is lift up like 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.

 
Tailor's - Hanka, Jane Seymour, part 3
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Tailor's - Hanka, Jane Seymour's Gable Hood, part 2