Description

As the rising middle classes established themselves socially, they started to imitate courtly styles. This silver-gilt dress-hook, found at Northleach, is typical of the period and of the desire for conspicuous consumption while not falling foul of Elizabethan 'sumptuary laws' (dress codes).

Object Name

Tudor dress-hook

Accession Number

2006/43

Category

tudor

Site Location

Northleach

Tags

Tudor, silver