15th Century Clothing

Catalogues the Scots terms for clothing referenced in the later 15th century works of Henryson.

Guidance & advice for clothing; mostly line-drawing patterns for medieval garments, including shirts & tunics, a hood, hose, doublets, and a few Middle Eastern garments.

For 15th century men.

A class handout covering the evolution of the sideless surcoat from the 12th century Spanish pellote to the 15th century.

Brass and iron and copper (enamelled) with silk. Enamelled.

Additional photos at:
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Line drawings from extant medieval garments.

A cursory examination, for people interested in historical recreation and replication, of the extant archaeological and museum materials relating to clothing in the Middle Ages.

I've cropped a selection of ladies from photograph s of brass rubbings for analysis of their veil formations . The veils on some of these images are easy to understand . On others, not at all. Are we seeing a form of veil stylizatio n that can only be explained as the brass incising equivalent of visual shorthand? Or, are we seeing an accurate-b ut-stylize d portrayal of each crease or edge of the veil(s)?

A collection of posts by Robin Netherton.

A searchable catalog of surviving garments from Europe and the Mediterranean from the dawn of time up through approximately 1500.

La grande assiette is a term for a tailoring method used in the mid/late 14th century and throughout the fifteenth century in which a sleeve was inserted into a deeply-set arm hole with the assistance of triangular gores or trapezoidal gussets. A freely moving sleeve piece set deeply into the body of the garment allowed full and unconstricted movement of the arms, chest, and shoulders while maintaining a relatively fitted appearance. When moving one's arms in a windmill fashion, the bottom portion of one's garment would remain stationary, adding a degree of comfort and convenience for laborers and the martially-inclined. The historical use of gores/gussets instead of large, mushroom-shaped sleeve caps probably assisted fabric conservation as well as the ability to fine-tune the tailoring with bias-vs.-straight-grain combinations, different angles and points of 'flare', and varied sizing of the inserted gores.

Discusses patterns and variations for 15th century northern European costume.

In reenacting and SCA circles, the ubiquitous 15th century women's casual outfit consists of a short-sleeved fitted kirtle, with long sleeves pinned on at the shoulders. While this fashion certainly existed to some extent in 15th century western Europe, was it as common as many modern-day reenactors and medieval recreationists believe? What was the most common fashion, as depicted in art? What options are there other than the pin-on sleeve?

Includes notes on the layers of an early 15th century woman's outfit, and patterns for some of the sleeves seen in illustrati ons from the 1410s.