A Pelham Puppet redressed as 

Queen Anne Boleyn
Based upon the National Portrait Gallery Picture

This portrait puppet represents the tragic Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry VIII, who was executed for high treason and adultery in the Tower of London by a swordsman from Calais. She was mother to the future Queen Elizabeth I. She is inspired by the National Portrait Gallery's picture of this tragic Queen.

I used a vintage Pelham Ballet Girl puppet as a base. I then selected the fabrics.

Her gown is cut from cotton velvet, with an underskirt and sleeves built from a shot taffeta overlaid with gold net embroidery. Her sleeves are lined with fun fur and then turned back to  create the famous Tudor look. 

Her skirt and neckline are trimmed with costume pearls and gold braid, and a silver initial B hangs from her fully boned bodice - which is corset laced at its' back. A pearl and crystal chain hangs from her waist.

On her head she wears a velvet and pearl French hood - a style which Anne helped make fashionable in England. It has a black taffeta veil down its' back. Under her skirts she sports pantalets edged with pleated net. She is strung on a vintage controller in the traditional Pelham colours.

An Alexander Sanderson Design