Though, honestly ... I think it'd be more comfortable, not to mention less time-consuming, to go with the simple linen (and/or silk?) caps in the Botticelli portraits at http://www.wga.hu/html/b/botticel/7portrai/02lady.html or http://www.wga.hu/html/b/botticel/7portrai/03youngw.html (though salviati can certainly say someting if I'm misinformed about the relative comfort of a balzo; perhaps I am totally incorrect in my assumptions, and they are like a La-Z-Boy for the head) ;)
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Though, honestly ... I think it'd be more comfortable, not to mention less time-consuming, to go with the simple linen (and/or silk?) caps in the Botticelli portraits at http://www.wga.hu/html/b/botticel/7portrai/02lady.html or http://www.wga.hu/html/b/botticel/7portrai/03youngw.html (though