More pictures can be found here on The Baroque Horse Store site: http://www.usfriesianreferral.com/tack.html.
This site has more of this type of bridle: http://www.barokshop.com/contents/en-uk/d10_Hongaarse_hoofdstellen_hungarian_bridle.html
I really like the look of this and think it would be fantastic in model scale. I'm stumped as to how to do it though! As far as I can tell, it's made by braiding strips of fine leather lace together. I counted 6 to 8 lace ends on one "rope". Strange.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!
If I was going to tackle this, I'd probably start with a four or six part round braid made from single strand waxed linen thread. I can't guarantee that would work, but that's where I'd start.
ReplyDeleteI think the biggest problem might be finding a model Friesian to wear it. Most of them have ginormous forelocks and wouldn't work well at all...