Supportasse
A supportasse or underpropper is a stiffened support for a
17th centuries, supportasses are sometimes called piccadills (picadils, pickadills), whisks, rebatos, or portefraise, terms used at different times for both the supporters and the various lace or linen collar styles to which they were attached.[2][4]
I pray you, sir, what say you to these great ruffs, which are borne up with supporters and rebatoes, as it were with post and rail?
— Arthur Dent, The Plain Man's Pathway To Heaven (1631)[5]
Decorative supportasses were often made of wire fashioned in loops and scallops, covered over with colored silk, gold, or silver thread. Supporters stiffened with cardboard or pasteboard and covered in silk or linen were also popular.Musée national du Moyen Âge (formerly Musée de Cluny).[2]
Gallery
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A fabric-covered supportasse is visible below the lace collar or rebato in this portrait of Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos by William Larkin, c. 1615 -
A gold-wrapped wire supportasse is visible through the sheer linen of this girl's collar. Cornelis de Vos, Young Girl at a Virginal, c. 1624–25
References
- OCLC 66084355.
- ^ ISBN 978-0896762626.
- ^ ISBN 9781847885333.
- ISBN 9781847885333.
- ^ Dent, Arthur. "Pride of Dress". The Plain Man's Pathway To Heaven. p. 34. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
External links
Extant supportasses:
- Supportasse, England, 1600-1620. Cardboard, linen, silk, silk and linen thread, Victoria and Albert Museum T.32-1938
- Picadil, England, 1600-1615. Silk, pasteboard, silk thread. Victoria and Albert Museum 192-1900
- Collar, Italy, 16th century. Bobbin lace with visible wire supporter. Metropolitan Museum of Art 30.135.156