Clothes of the Common People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England Vol 21: Women’s Petticoats, Frocks, Kirtles & Safeguards

Description

Author:
Stuart Press.
Summary:
There is an absence of pictures of common women with accompanying text stating what the garments they are wearing are called. Illustrations of English common women of the period show outer garments that either extend to the lower calf to ankle, or only down to the hips. There are also a number of names of garments worn by women other than their linens and the fabrics likely indicate the function of the garments. The patterns given in this book show the stitching lines and have no seam allowances so that the sewing line can be drawn onto the fabric.
In this series of books reconstructions are made for a range of styles of each garment. The fabrics and materials closest to the originals still available have been used and all dyeing is with period dyestuffs using period methods, mostly at the reconstructed period dyehouse in the Green Valley.

For each reconstruction patterns are provided. A description of the fabrics used and photographs of the completed reconstructions are also included.

Further details:

Softcover: 56 pages
Language: English
Illustrations: B&W photographs and Line drawings
ISBN-13:9781858042749
Product Dimensions: 21.0 x 14.6 x 0.03 cm

Staff Comments:
Resource: 2 Towers.
Contents: Introduction to Women’s Outer garments; Womens Coats; Womens Petticoats – overbodies, No boning regulations, Overbody patterns, Petticoat patterns, Detachable sleeves; Kirtles; Frocks; Safeguards.