Hello, everyone. Robin caught something yesterday, and followed up on her
idea, and sent it on to me, and I did some following-up of my own, and it
appears that I may have been leading y'all astray.
Although I did not remember Sir John's effigy as being armored (and this is
unclear from my photogr
Oh my. A quick search just turned up a page about this from a weblog by
Will McLean. I know him -- he's an armorer on the East Coast (formerly
SCA, now with Belle Compagnie) and does top-flight work, so I trust his
eye.
http://willscommonplacebook.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html
The name of
Blast it. That last note on armor was meant to go directly to a
listmember, not to the list, and was part of a larger conversation.
Nothing to see here. Carry on.
Apologies,
Robin
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To: "h-costume"
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: [h-cost] 1432 doublet - fastening?
> Hi,
>
> I'm just up to make this doublet (or whatever it's called):
>
> http://www.kazi.webz.cz/wagner/images/wag01-28.jpg
>
> It's the second one
Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
http://www.kazi.webz.cz/wagner/images/wag01-28.jpg
It might not be possible to do it without fastening, so my second question is,
where would a fastening for such a garment be? (I don't want the front
fastening). On the back? Or was there any at the sides? What w
tsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] 1432 doublet - fastening?
What you are wanting isn't a doublet, I believe it is a cotehardie.
variation (scroll down)
What you are wanting isn't a doublet, I believe it is a cotehardie.
variation (scroll down)
http://www.bymichelle.com/pp2123.html
info
http://www.geocities.com/ariedin/Men.html
This is not a period I am an expert on but I believe that a few of the
men's cotehardies were laced in the back but I an
it on
her fabric with it being on the bias. It fit wonderfully, following the body
shape.
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Behalf Of Zuzana Kraemerova
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 9:51 AM
To: h-costume
Subject: [h-cost] 1432 doublet - fastening?
Hi,
Hi,
I'm just up to make this doublet (or whatever it's called):
http://www.kazi.webz.cz/wagner/images/wag01-28.jpg
It's the second one from the left. It's taken from Medieval costume, armor, and
weapons, but originally it comes from the Wenceslas bible and it's dated to the
1432, Bohemia. I
