Name/Title
The medieval tailor's assistant : making common garments, 1200-1500Entry/Object ID
GT575.T59 2001Description
"From establishing the date for your outfit, defining the wearer, and selecting garments, to measurements, patterns, materials, and methods of construction, for braies, shirts and smocks, cotes, kirtles, doublets, hose, surcotes, cotehardies, gowns, overkirtles, cloaks, children's clothing, head-wear, and on to accessories, this is the perfect costumer's resource all in one volume. There are more than 400 line drawings, including 121 patterns." -- PUBLISHERAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Lucy DillonNotes
Gift of Lucy Dillon, February 2024.Lexicon
Search Terms
costume--history--medieval, 500-1500, dressmaking, tailoringBook Details
Author
Sarah ThursfieldPublisher
Costume & Fashion PressDate Published
2001ISBN
0896762394, 9780896762398Notes
Length: 224General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Pt. 1. The techniques -- Preparation -- The personal pattern Block -- Methods -- Materials -- Pt. 2. The garments -- Braies, shirts and smocks -- Braies -- Shirts and smocks -- Cotes -- Kirtles -- Doublets -- Hose -- Surcotes -- Cotehardies -- Gowns -- Outer working garments -- Cloaks -- Men's hats and caps -- Men's hoods -- Women's linen head-dresses -- Women's cloth head-dresses and hoods -- Women's fashionable head-dresses.