Finally I’ve uploaded some more Nordic pictures. They are in a photo album called “Wooden Sculpture”. My favourite Madonna, the one from Heda is there. BTW does anybody know how you do if you want to change the name of the photo album? I have some illuminations scanned that I …
As nearly as I can tell, this is our 12th Century. Has anyone done anything with this? Is there any research on this you can point me to? http://www.mlab.uiah.fi/Mulli/html/media/valokuva/e_puku.html ~ Esther / ED Reese Message #969, April 2, 2003 Hello! Are you also on the Norsefolk yahoo group? In their …
Hi all and Belinda especially, Got a nifty little doctoral thesis in on ILL — Bezeichnungen Für FrauenKleidungsstücke Und Kleiderschmuck Im MittelNeiderDeutschen, Zugleich Ein Betrag Zur Kostümkunde by Gudrun Lindskog-Wallenburg. This book quotes literary sources, inventories and sumptuary laws to date names of types of clothing in Middle Lower German. …
Note: a Bliaut usually made of silk and tightly laced. It was worn by young, thin, fashionable women. Those who were poorer, less fashionable, less thin or less daring wore looser cut gowns which appear to have gone by the names cote, chainse, or sucknie ~ Rowena / Belinda Sibly …
What about using placketed back lacing to help form the figure? Nope, side lacing. I’ve not been able to find any evidence for backlacing, but there is a fair bit for side lacing, and is not so much to control the figure but to make the fabric tight enough to …
And the corselet to help with the figure, is Pre-Raphelite, Norris perpetuated fiction? (*sniff*) Yes, definitely. ~ Rowena / Belinda Sibly Message #842, February 24, 2003
(original subject line: Introduction Editor’s Note:This thread is presented here in its entirety, but as the discussion ended up ranging over a number of topics, segments of the thread are also re-printed in the appropriate topic headings of this archive. Greetings, All! My name is Esther of Ennis Merth (aka …
Original Subject line: “Norman Cote“ Hello All, I have quite a few questions to ask the evening. Being that I live 40 minutes away from a library, I hope that any of you would be glad to be my resources. 1) What sleeves are known to be used on a …
I have two questions: One, when did particolor come into vogue? Is it period for the 12th-13th centuries? Two, anyone that has Period Patterns 21 (14th and 15th century cotehardies and sideless surcoates), can you look at it and tell me if either the View IV or V surcoats might …
(A compendium of information from discussions on the 12th Century Garb Yahoo Group list. This page is a catch-all. For specific information on the bliaut, the Bliaut! page. For veils, see the Headgear page.) Gowns Other Than a Bliaut “I am wondering what the older, less cutting edge of fashion, …
