1590s costume made for JMD&Co at Hampton Court Palace as part of the events in 2003 to commemorate the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Bodice in black silk damask worn with a black silk taffeta petticoat over a wheel farthingale. Large ruff made from lace commissioned from a Nottingham lace manufacturer and based on a piece of original reticella lace in the Victoria and Albert Museum Photography by Henrietta Clare.