Saturday, May 31, 2008

Question from Nicole - Jewelry boxes

What did Tudor women keep their jewelry in? Did they have jewelry boxes like we do now?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've done a bit of research over the years on the subject of jewelry in the Tudor period. I've seen a number of descriptions in various handwritten inventories from the period of different kinds of small boxes, usually made of wood and often covered with velvet or embroidered fabric.

Anonymous said...

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