ligurc 12. — La Galkrie du Palais. 1 he lashionablc crowd throngs ihc milliners' counters 

 in the Palais Royal. By Abraham Bosse, 1 636. (Courtesy of Museum oj Fine Arts, Boston.) 



that the ladies of Ferrara were bold or those of Todi 

 capricious 



Indeed, this series would not be considered in con- 

 nection with fashion plates were it not for a conver- 

 sation in Ben Jonson's Cynthia's Revels, first acted in 

 1600 by the Children of the Queen's Chapel. Phi- 

 lautia addresses her friend Phantaste (Act 2, scene 1) : 



Philautia: . . . What, have yott changed yoiu' head- 

 tire? 



Phantaste: Yes, faith, the other was near the common, 

 it had no extraordinary grace; besides, I had worn 

 it alinost a day, in good troth. 



Philautia: I'll be sworn, this is most excellent for the 

 device, and rare; 'tis after the Italian print we looked 

 on t'other night. 



This certainly suggests that one of the little eyases, 

 perhaps even Nathaniel Field or Salathiel Pavy, was 

 wearing a fantastic wig designed after one of the 

 Krieger woodcuts. 



In the early 17th century there was nothing pub- 

 lished in northern Europe that was closely related to 

 the fasliion trade. There are engravings of costume 

 figures such as the Siebrn Edelleute verschiedener .Nation 

 by ^Villem Buytewech (Amsterdam, ca. 1614;, which 

 are charmingly drawn but, as to costume, idealized 

 and exaggerated.-^ The same criticism applies to the 



-' There is an excellent reprint of Buytewech's book with an 

 introduction by W. Bruhn (1926). 



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