[MR] 16th-century silk flowers

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     Topic: Costume  and Dress p. 119 of      
154    .    Date: 1597 March  14    .    From: Eleonora de' Medici      
Duchessa di Mantova  (1587)    
Location: Mantova    .    To: Cristina de' Medici      
Grand Duchess of  Ferdinando I    
Location: Toscana    .    Synopsis: Having learned that  Grand Duchess 
Cristina di Lorena     
used the silk flower  hair ornaments that Duchess of     
Mantua Eleonora de'  Medici sent her last year,     
Eleonora sends  Cristina a new sample of silk flowers     
and offers to send  more if they are to her liking.    .    Extract: [...] 
Havendomi  l'Alt.a V. fatto gratia l'anno passato di     
gradire i fiori di  talco ch'io le mandai, et essendosi hora     
posti in uso fiori  di capelli, ho voluto inviarnele una     
scattola per  mostra, acciochè ella mi favorisca (quando    
la foggia le riesca  di soddisfattione) di commandarmi     
ch'io le ne faccia  fare in maggio copia  [...]