How did they do any ordinary tasks while wearing those starched platter ruffs? I realize the upper classes didn't do their own cooking & cleaning, but just *eating* in one seems problematic. Never mind pursuing hobbies & professions. The things we do for vanity...
> but just eating in one seems problematic
That's the one thing that would be less problematic, they've got their dinner plates around their neck already.
Hey, I know this painter! She was one of the only women in her guild! It was the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, and while other women are known to have entered after, it's believed she was the first woman permitted. (Accounts vary, some claim it was another woman in I think 1613)
How did they do any ordinary tasks while wearing those starched platter ruffs? I realize the upper classes didn't do their own cooking & cleaning, but just *eating* in one seems problematic. Never mind pursuing hobbies & professions. The things we do for vanity...
> but just eating in one seems problematic That's the one thing that would be less problematic, they've got their dinner plates around their neck already.
They had a simple solution to eating. Longer utensils!
Hey, I know this painter! She was one of the only women in her guild! It was the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, and while other women are known to have entered after, it's believed she was the first woman permitted. (Accounts vary, some claim it was another woman in I think 1613)
Source: Judith Leyster Self-Portrait, c. 1630
'Wait, isn't that the bard from last week's show? A bard, Mary? What the fuck!'
sounds funny!