Starched Linen Neck & Wrist Ruffs
Persona Pentathlon Item 3: Clothing/Garb
A set of starched linen wrist and neck ruffs, based on those worn by the women in Three London Citizens and a Farmer and other images by Lucas de Heere. They are constructed from handkerchief weight linen and fully hand-sewn with waxed linen and silk thread. After construction, they were starched using historically accurate methods - wheat starch cooked into a paste on the stovetop - and set with a wand-style curling iron as a substitute for period-accurate poking sticks.