What are bourders - clothing

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Sue J

What are bourders - clothing

Legg inn av Sue J » 23 sep 2004 20:00:23

Hi list,

Could anyone tell me what a bourder was concerning female clothing? I
am helping with the Will for Anne (Sackville) Fiennes, wife of
Gregory, 10th Dacre. In her Will, many females that are mentioned
receive these "bourders" that are either of pearl or cloth of gold.
Could bourders be the frilly cuffs or neck adornments? I tried Google
search without any success, even changing spelling to borders.

Sue in Florida macduff@infionline.net

Gjest

Re: What are bourders - clothing

Legg inn av Gjest » 23 sep 2004 21:02:51

In a message dated 23/09/04 17:00:55 GMT Daylight Time,
macduff@infionline.net writes:

Hi list,

Could anyone tell me what a bourder was concerning female clothing? I
am helping with the Will for Anne (Sackville) Fiennes, wife of
Gregory, 10th Dacre. In her Will, many females that are mentioned
receive these "bourders" that are either of pearl or cloth of gold.
Could bourders be the frilly cuffs or neck adornments? I tried Google
search without any success, even changing spelling to borders.

Sue in Florida macduff@infionline.net




The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary has one meaning of _Border_ as "A
defined edging, of distinct material, colour, shape, pattern etc. (Middle English)"

Adrian

Sharp, Ann

Re: What are bourders - clothing

Legg inn av Sharp, Ann » 24 sep 2004 02:00:26

Sue:
Could anyone tell me what a bourder was concerning female clothing? I
am helping with the Will for Anne (Sackville) Fiennes, wife of Gregory,
10th Dacre. In her Will, many females that are mentioned receive these
"bourders" that are either of pearl or cloth of gold.

Could bourders be the frilly cuffs or neck adornments? I tried Google
search without any success, even changing spelling to borders.

Ann:
They might have been fancy borders that were tacked (lightly
stitched) to caps or headgear, or *possibly* to tied-on sleeves,
partlets, or an elaborate petticoat, and then removed to be reused on a
newer garment.

If she's the Anne Fiennes who died in 1595, she's a generation
too late for French hoods (think Anne Boleyn), but "best" clothing shown
in portraits often seems to be ornamented with pearl edging or cloth of
gold. Both were very, very expensive and it would be logical that they
would be reused.

For a little Renaissance dressing experience, permit me to
introduce Cecily-being-dressed-for-Court, the Web equivalent of a paper
doll: http://costume.dm.net/doll/index.html . Cecily would have been a
bit younger than Anne, but provides a good basic understanding of how a
Renaissance woman's clothing goes on from the skin out.

L.P.H.,

Ann
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