Tudor Jewels Silk Scarf

A silk habotai scarf with an element of various precious stones and Tudor style jewelry derived from a page in a Flemish book of hours, produced in Ghent or Bruges c.1510. Made with habotai silk, which is not as sheer as chiffon silk, this scarf is a popular item in the Morgan Shop. 

This kind of jewelry from the Renaissance period saw a revival in the late Victorian era, sometimes referred to as the neo-Renaissance movement, that informed much design and art at that time. The jeweley was often referred to as Holbeinesque, after the kind depicted in the portraits of figures from the Tudor period by the artist Hans Holbein the Younger, who also left detailed drawings of some pieces.