Ruff (clothing)
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A ruff is an item of clothing popular in Western, Central and Northern Europe, as well as Spanish America, from the mid-16th century to the mid-17th century. A round and flat variation is often called
A ruff from the early 17th century: detail from The Regentesses of St Elizabeth Hospital, Haarlem, by Verspronck
Ruff of c. 1575. Detail from the Darnley Portrait of Elizabeth I
A priest of the Church of Denmark wearing a ruff (2015)
Joan Alleyn wearing a green ruff trimmed with lace, England, 1596.
Piccadill
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A piccadill or pickadill is a large broad collar of cut-work lace that became fashionable in the late 16th century and early 17th century. The term is also used for the stiffened supporter or supporta
Ruff (clothing)
…1600–1650 in Western European fashion Piccadill, a similar clothing fashion Collar (clothing…
English nobleman Grey Brydges wearing a piccadill, painted by William Larkin c. 1615
English noblewoman Elizabeth Poulett wearing a piccadill, painted by Robert Peake the Elder in 1616
A French nobleman wearing a piccadill, painted by Frans Pourbus the Younger c. 1610 to 1620
Unidentified Flemish young girl wearing a piccadill, painted by Cornelis de Vos in 1624 or 1625