Daughters of Lace
Francesca in Central Victoria - Chapter 1
Ladies of Lace
Queen Elizabeth I of England dazzled in a dizzying display of lace ruffs stiffened with bone or ivory to maintain the pleats. From the mid-to-late 1500s and well into the 1600s, the ‘cartwheel’ ruff was all the fashion. The invention of starch allowed the lace to be shaped into a multitude of pleats, s…
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