Ruffs were gone by 1630, but the successors to ruffs, collars, were largely gone by 1650. Portraitists depicted women in un-shaped skirts topped by casual-looking bodices; "casual" that is if one ignores lavish jewels and satin. The 1630s were the period of balloon (virago) sleeves - sleeves made of three big round puffy balls reaching from shoulder through elbow to wrist, a style I associate with buccaneers and swashbuckling.

ca. 1630 Sarah Bunckworth (d.1646), Lady Cordell by ? (Melford Hall - Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, UK)

1630 Anne, called Mary, Lady Offley, full-length, in a white embroidered dress, pink and gold embroidered overcoat, lace ruff and headdress, holding a fan in her right hand by ? (auctioned by Christie's)

ca. 1630 Lady Harbord, full-length, in a black dress with lace collar and cuffs and holding a pocket watch, in an interior by ? (auctioned by Christie's)

1636 Lady Bowyer, half length, wearing a green dress with ribbons and a pearl necklace, in a sculpted cartouche by Cornelius Johnson (auctioned by Sotheby's)

1630 Abigail Sacheverell, Mrs. Humphrey Pakingtobustlen by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (Coughton Court - Alcester, Warwickshire, UK)

1630 Lady Gertrude Howard attributed to Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (Kenwood House - Hampstead, London UK)

ca. 1630 Margaret Whitmore (c.1576–1637), Lady Grobham, Second Wife of Sir John St John, 1st Bt by ? (Lydiard House - Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire UK)

1631 Margaret Hallyday, Lady Hungerford by Cornelius Johnson (Kenwood House - Hampstead, London, UK)

1631 Charlotte Butkens, mistress of Anoy, with her son by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Schlossmuseum, Schloss Friedenstein)

1631 Lady, called 'Countess of Cavan' by Gilbert Jackson (National Museum of Wales - Cardiff, Wales, UK)

ca. 1631 Margaret Miller (1578–1647), Lady Heath by Cornelius Johnson (Killerton - Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, UK)

1631 Katheryn Spiller, Lady Reynell by Cornelius Johnson (Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales - Cardiff, Wales, UK)

1632 Elizabeth Tryon, wife of John Huxley by Cornelis Jonson (or Johnson) van Ceulen (auctioned by Sotheby's)

ca. 1632 Margaret, Lady Tufton by Sir Anthonis van Dyck and studio (Milwaukee Art Museum - Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA) Photo - John R. Glembin

Honourable Dorothy North (1605–1698), Lady Dacre, later Mrs Chaloner Chute attributed to Remi van Leemput derived from Sir Anthonis van Dyck (The Vyne - Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK)

Close up portrait of Honourable Dorothy North (1605–1698), Lady Dacre, later Mrs Chaloner Chute attributed to Remi van Leemput derived from Sir Anthonis van Dyck (The Vyne - Basingstoke, Hampshire , UK)

1633 Young Lady with a plumed headdress by ? (Manchester City Galleries - Manchester, Lancashire UK)

1632 Amalia van Solms and Charlotte de La Trémoïlle as Diana and Ceres by Gerard van Honthorst (Paleis Het Loo - Apeldoorn, Holland)

1634 Lady Margaret Douglas (1610–1678), Marchioness of Argyll, Wife of the 1st Marquess of Argyll by George Jamesone (National Galleries of Scotland - Edinburgh, Scotland)

Lady Margaret Feilding, Duchess of Hamilton by Henry Pierce Bone in 1839 after Sir Anthonis van Dyck (auctioned)

1633-1635 (probably between) Anne Sophia, née Herbert Countess of Carnarvon by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (auctioned by Christie's)

1634 Henrietta of Lorraine with Page by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Kenwood House - Hampstead, London UK)

1634 Marie Claire de Croÿ, Duchess d'Havré and child by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor Museum - San Francisco, California, USA)

Catherine Bruce, Mrs Murray, later Countess of Dysart by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Petworth House - Petworth, West Sussex, UK)

ca. 1635 Lady, possibly Mrs Holden, first Matron of Greenwich Hospital by ? (National Maritime Museum - Greenwich, London, UK)

ca. 1635 Mary Pakington (1610/1611–1696), Lady Yate attributed to Cornelius Johnson (Coughton Court - Alcester, Warwickshire, UK)

1630s Elizabeth, Lady Coventry, wife to Sir Thomas, first Baron Coventry by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (Museums Sheffield - specific location unknown to gogm)

Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, duchesse de Montpensier, puis de Guise (1585-1656) by ? (Versailles)

ca. 1635 Anne Pakington (d.1642), Lady Anderley in the style of Cornelius Johnson (Coughton Court - Alcester, Warwickshire, UK)

Cecilia Killigrew (d.1638) (formerly called 'Henrietta Maria') by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (The Queen's College, University of Oxford - Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK)

1637 Lady Francis Buckhurst, Countess of Dorset, by Sir Anthony Van Dyke (Knole Mansion - Sevenoaks, Kent UK)

1637 Elizabeth Thimbleby & Dorothy, Viscountess Andover, by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (National Gallery, London)

1637 (probable date) Elizabeth Savage, Lady Thimbleby probably by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (location unknown to gogm)

Lady Anne Cavendish (1612–1638), Lady Rich by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Hardwick Hall - Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire)

Ann Skory (d. before 1650), Mrs Chaloner Chute in the style of Sir Anthonis van Dyck (The Vyne - Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK)

ca. 1637 Lady Anne Cecil after Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Burghley Collection - Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK)

ca. 1647/1649 Lady Anne Percy (1633–1654), Lady Stanhope; or Lady Isabella Sydney (d.1663), Viscountess Strangford by Sir Peter Lely (Petworth House - Petworth, West Sussex, UK)

Lady Elizabeth Cecil (1619–1689), Countess of Devonshire by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Hardwick Hall - Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK) From artuk.org

Jane Carey (1594–1633), Wife of Edward Barrett, Lord Newburgh by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (Sewerby Hall Museum and Art Gallery - Church Lane Sewerby, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK)

1636-1640 Katherine, Countess of Chesterfield, and Lucy, Countess of Huntingdon by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Yale Center for British Art - New Haven, Connecticut USA)

1641 (before) Katherine, Lady Stanhope, later Countess of Chesterfield by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (auctioned by Christie's)

ca. 1637/1638 Honourable Anne Boteler (c.1610–1669), Countess of Newport, Later Countess of Portland by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Petworth House - Petworth, West Sussex, UK)

Honourable Anne Boteler (c.1610–1669), Countess of Newport, Later Countess of Portland by N. Wray after Sir Peter Lely (Kingston Lacy - Wimborne Minster, Dorset, UK)

Honourable Anne Boteler (c.1610–1669), Countess of Newport, Later Countess of Portland after Sir Peter Lely (Hardwick Hall - Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK)

1638 Alice Bankes (1621-1683), Lady Borlase by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Kingston Lacy - Wimborne Minster, Dorset, UK)

Lady Dorothy Percy (1598–1659), Countess of Leicester by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Petworth House - Petworth, West Sussex, UK)

ca. 1638 Isabella, Lady de la Warr by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

Honourable Margaret Wotton (née Wharton, 1617 – 1658 or 1659), Lady Tufton by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Blickling Hall - Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk)

1638-1645 Elizabeth Wray (c.1603–1645), Baroness Norris possibly by John Hayls (The Geffrye, Museum of the Home - London, UK)

ca. 1638 Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Peterborough probably by Sir Peter Lely (location unknown to gogm)

Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Peterborough, bust-length, in a white dress inscribed 'The Rt Honble./ey Countess of Morton by Sir Peter Lely (Christie's)

1630s (late) Ladies Anne Dalkeith, later Countess of Morton, and Anne Kirke by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Hermitage)

ca. 1638 Possibly Lady Mary Brudenell (c.1610–1685), daughter of the Earl of Cardigan and wife of John Constable, 2nd Viscount Dunbar by Cornelius Johnson (Burton Constable Hall - Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire, UK)

Anne Brett (c.1600–1669/1670), Countess of Middlesex by the studio of Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Knole - Sevenoaks, Kent, UK)

Frances Devereux, Countess of Hertford, and later Duchess of Somerset by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (auctioned by Sotheby's)

ca. 1638 Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton as Fortune by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Fitzwilliam Museum - University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK)
