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I thought that you might want to see a picture of the Uvdal 31 gown. This is a sketch I made after Marianne Vedeler's drawings in her dissertation, where she deals with the find. Her drawings are copyrighted of course, so I made my own. Also, the sketch of her interpretation of the gown in the book is put on a very 13th century-inspired gothic figure and I thought it would be nice to have a drawing of it with normal proportions.



The dress is carbon-dated to the late 14th century and as you can see, it a)differs from what is seen in period art and b)reminds of the pleated gowns found in Herjolfsnes (the "stripes" below the overbust seam are gathered pleats). This drawing of course can't replace the information in her text, but since it's in norwegian it's of little use to most of you anyway.

in-progress photos

I have gathered one front piece and am currently "locking" the pleats with backstitches. This was done on another of the Uvdal finds. The gathering threads will be removed afterwards, since they are too visible.




The fininished bodice. It really looks like some kind of weird bolero with ties now. It needs to be ironed and the sleeves hemmed. I can't hem the strips until I've attached the skirt.