Anglo-Saxon Clothing

Notes on an Anglo-Saxo n woman's outfit, along with constructi on informatio n for the tunic.

Photos and documentation for a tabletwoven Anglo-Saxon belt.

A simple cloak can be recreated without much effort to be worn today, based upon linguistic and literary evidence of the Anglo-Saxon period in England. The men's version of this cloak was rectangle in shape, and clasped by a pin or brooch at the right shoulder. Women are most often shown wearing a cloak that fastens in front, or is left open like a shawl.

Documentat ion for an Anglo-Saxo n dress, describing all steps of the process, including spinning and dyeing the yarn, and weaving the cloth.

Notes on clothing for men and women, as well as terminolog y for garments.

During the early Middle Ages, what did people in Northern Europe wear over their feet and under their shoes? I examined some illuminati ons, some archaeolog ical finds, and a study of traditiona l hose manufactur e from Telemark, Norway, and hope to shed some light on how hose were made, what they are, and how they were worn.

A typology and brief discussion of some stitches that have been discovered on extant textiles from the period between the seventh and eleventh centuries in Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and related cultures.

Despite the fact that throughout the period the men wore tunics and trousers, and the women wore long gowns (and veils after the 7th century), and both wore cloaks, the Anglo-Saxo ns didn't just wear basically the same thing for seven centuries.

This cloak is so easy to make it feels like you're cheating. It matches the cloaks worn in a number of illustrati ons in Anglo Saxon manuscript s, and is an easy and reasonably accurate choice for a Saxon, Viking, or other Dark Ages character.

This bibliograp hy is primarily intended for the contributi ng authors and expert advisers of the Anglo-Saxo n Plant-Name Survey. It is, therefore, biased towards Anglo-Saxo n England, but with a wider range of titles in areas where this may be appropriat e to ASPNS studies.

This database has been extracted from a much larger collection of data compiled by staff and volunteers at The Anglo-Saxo n Laboratory (incorpora ting Textile Research). The extract covers the period AD 450-700 and includes 3802 records of textiles from 162 Anglo-Saxo n cemeteries .

An overview of 11th century clothing, including fabrics and colors.

Suggestions for embroidering Anglo-Saxon garments, based on placement of embellishment in illustrations of period clothing, and extant examples of Anglo-Saxon needlework. Includes pattern line drawings.

The developmen t of clothing of Anglo-Saxo n men and women.

Descriptions and patterns for Anglo-Saxon and Viking clothing.

Provides guidelines for materials, decoration , men's & women' s clothing, headwear, legwear, and footwear for Viking and Anglo-Saxo n England.

Dyestuffs for Anglo-Saxon English garments, with notes as to the sorts of class levels for which such colors would be appropriate. Provides Paterna and DMC equivalents for colors.

Saxon and Viking rondel embroidery designs suitable for embroideri es for court clothes as worn by the highest classes of English society around the 10th century.

Dr. Gale Owen-Crocker muses over the differences between modern English clothing (and attitudes about clothing) and the clothing of Anglo-Saxon England in the year 1000.

In the article I talk about an Anglo-Saxon type tunic. While the geometric approach to tunics is probably appropriate in the context of Anglo-Saxon garments, I should note that the centre gores front and back probably are not. A T-tunic in period was far from simple; it was a complex garment made up of many pattern-pieces, a far cry from our one-piece, fold-and-sew standard material-waster.