Editing Jane Seymour (section)

== Costume ==
Lady [[Margery Lyster]] was in charge of the jewels of Jane Seymour. An inventory was made of the queen's beads, jewels, [[pomander]]s, tablets, girdles, borders, brooches, bracelets, buttons, aglets, and chains. Many of the pieces were gold decorated with enamel and some were set with gems.<ref>[[Maria Hayward]], ''Dress at the Court of Henry VIII'' (Maney, 2007), p. 188: James Gairdner, ''Letters and Papers Henry VIII'', 12:2 (London, 1891), p. 340 no. 973.</ref>

An [[inventory of Henry VIII]] includes costume belonging to Jane Seymour, which was stored in 1542 in the Old Jewel House of [[Whitehall Palace]].<ref>[[Maria Hayward]], ''The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall Palace'', 1 (Illuminata Publishers, 2004), pp. 101, 116.</ref> The list includes: gowns of damask, velvet, and satin; kirtles of velvet, cloth of silver, taffeta, and purple [[cloth of gold]]; cloaks of satin; sleeves of silver and gold tissue embroidered with Venice gold and tied with gold aglets; placards for gowns; [[stomacher]]s; frontlets; [[French hood]]s and billiments of black velvet and white satin; [[partlet]]s; and crimson velvet hats.<ref>Maria Hayward, ''The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall Palace'', 2 (Illuminata Publishers, 2004), pp. 151–58.</ref> The same clothes were listed again in 1547.<ref>[[David Starkey]], ''Inventory of Henry VIII'' (London: Harvey Miller, 1998), pp. 249–252.</ref>

Jane Seymour was said to have embroidered a bed and a chair,<ref>[[Elizabeth Norton]], ''Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love'' (Amberley, 2009), p. 13.</ref> later given by [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] to her relation [[William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset|William Seymour]].<ref>Susan E. James, ''The Feminine Dynamic in English Art'' (Ashgate, 2009), p. 91.</ref><ref>John E. Jackson, "Wulfhall and the Seymours", ''Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine'', 15:44 (June 1875), pp. 163, 205.</ref> Included in the 1542 inventory are some items of embroidery, possibly her own work such as a cushion featuring an antelope. A piece with a branch of roses and a crowned white falcon seems to be an emblem associated with Anne Boleyn.<ref>Maria Hayward, ''The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall Palace'', 2 (Illuminata Publishers, 2004), p. 157 nos. 2252, 2255.</ref> Jane Seymour owned great and little "babies", dolls dressed in gowns of cloth of silver, satin, and velvet tied with gold "aglettes", like her own sleeves. These may have been [[fashion doll]]s.<ref>Maria Hayward, ''Dress at the Court of Henry VIII'' (Maney, 2007), p. 159: Maria Hayward, ''The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall Palace'', 2 (Illuminata Publishers, 2004), p. 157 nos. 2247, 2248: David Starkey, ''Inventory of Henry VIII'' (London: Harvey Miller, 1998), p. 252 nos. 11381, 11382.</ref>