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A 15th century man's tunic
Mar. 22nd, 2005 10:25 amI haven't had the energy to update the web page with the corset pictures (but your comments have made me confident that I can put them there, that they're not indecent). I watched the last episode of "Daniel Deronda" together with Anna yesterday instead and started on a little flat cap with lace for my 1850s clothing. but to give you something I thought I would give you the description of a man's tunic (kjortel) that i mentioned in a previous post.
It's from 1458 and from Arboga, in Sweden:
The tunic reached to the knees and was black and lined partially with squirrel fur and partially with blue cloth. The lower part of the tunic, up to the ribs was line with the backs of squirrels (winter fur) and the sleeves and the rest of the body were lined with cloth. The fur overlapped the cloth with two fingers breadth. On the outside it was trimmed with fur, a half squirrel-back high along the hem, and around the neck opening and the buttoned neck slit. The tunic was gathered with 8 pleats in front and 8 in back and the pleats were held in place with six ribbons on the inside, which were sewn through both cloth and fur with 4 ply thread. The sleeves were narrow.
It's from 1458 and from Arboga, in Sweden:
The tunic reached to the knees and was black and lined partially with squirrel fur and partially with blue cloth. The lower part of the tunic, up to the ribs was line with the backs of squirrels (winter fur) and the sleeves and the rest of the body were lined with cloth. The fur overlapped the cloth with two fingers breadth. On the outside it was trimmed with fur, a half squirrel-back high along the hem, and around the neck opening and the buttoned neck slit. The tunic was gathered with 8 pleats in front and 8 in back and the pleats were held in place with six ribbons on the inside, which were sewn through both cloth and fur with 4 ply thread. The sleeves were narrow.
