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- Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:36 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Attaching fur trim on gown
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3768
Re: Attaching fur trim on gown
You may find this helpful: http://wp.bymymeasure.com/working-with-fur
- Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:25 pm
- Forum: 1715-1810
- Topic: Working class lady - Clothing layers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12603
Re: Working class lady - Clothing layers
I had a little trouble with the front gapping (hook n eye) not sure how to solve it. Maybe I can cover with trim? Well, I typically do the front of that kind of gown so that I can overlap them just a tiny bit and pin them closed (rather than going with hook-and-eye closure). I'd suggest maybe creat...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:20 pm
- Forum: 1715-1810
- Topic: Working class lady - Clothing layers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12603
Re: Working class lady - Clothing layers
The short gown's neckline does appear to be a tad high, but if you're more comfortable with it up there, it's not a deal-breaker. http://larsdatter.com/18c/shortgowns.html has a few extant examples (although the links are hideously out of date -- the CW links no longer go to the right place, you'll ...
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:11 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: medieval coat hangers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3360
Re: medieval coat hangers
IIRC, there are a couple at either http://larsdatter.com/sewingkits.htm (especially the images of tailors) and http://larsdatter.com/merchantstalls.htm (or possibly http://larsdatter.com/merchantbooths.htm instead). Some examples that are springing to mind - http://www.nuernberger-hausbuecher.de/75-...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 1:00 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: 13th C. Farm
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22641
Re: 13th C. Farm
While it's a bit later than your period of interest, there are a lot of interesting details of rural life in the Luttrell Psalter (c. 1325-1340); you can see some modern interpretations/recreations of the illustrations in the Luttrell Psalter Film, which is online at http://youtu.be/O0AnUM1tt54
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:55 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Ink recipes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7091
Re: Ink recipes
Oh, final question, what sort of bottles would is store the ink in authentically speaking? :arrow: http://www.larsdatter.com/inkwells.htm There's not a lot of extant Western examples from c. 900-1200, but there's this inkhorn and this stoneware inkwell , for example. As an illuminator, you may find...
- Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:23 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: how low are braies ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7135
Re: how low are braies ?
The length of braies varies over time -- see http://www.larsdatter.com/breeches.htm -- although, really, there are very few points when knights seem to be wandering around in public with their braies showing. Farm-workers & laborers, sure, or naughty boys or wicked men in the process of being punish...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:29 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: folding canvas stools
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5614
Re: folding canvas stools
I've been doing some research into chairs and stools (WoTR). Having looked at loads of images of lots of different classes of people (posh people dining, all the way through different trades to milkmaids) I haven't seen anything that looks like the folding stools that are so very popular. Are these...
- Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:17 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Female headcoverings
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4108
Re: Female headcoverings
Some more possibilities for you, depending on what sort of portrayal you typically do - a goffered (frilled) veil for a particularly well-to-do lady, or this simple cap which would work well for a working woman. You could also consider a hood . These links can help you figure out some different comb...
- Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:06 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: earrings in the 15th century
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4785
Re: earrings in the 15th century
Okeydokey - linkspage developed! http://www.larsdatter.com/tailed-coifs.htm This little white linen cap would cover her ears, as well as keeping modern hairstyles (including fringe) covered up. There are a few different patterns for this style of cap, including a few experimental re-creations by var...
Re: Sausages
Here's some 14th century English recipes (taken from Forme of Cury):
http://forum.sausagemaking.org/viewtopi ... 2337e31d20
http://forum.sausagemaking.org/viewtopi ... 2337e31d20
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:52 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: earrings in the 15th century
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4785
Re: earrings in the 15th century
Earrings would have been highly unusual for a woman in 15th century England or in western Europe in general (see http://larsdatter.com/earrings.htm of course). I agree with Dave B; rather than try to find a "period" pair (I suspect there are plenty of jewelers willing to sell gaudy earrings and tell...
- Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:12 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Leather covered chests
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4834
Re: Leather covered chests
Colin Middleton wrote:Does anyone know if the same style was used in the 15th Century? Are there any surviving coffers from that period?


- Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:10 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: 15th century jeweller
- Replies: 1
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Re: 15th century jeweller
You may want to see http://larsdatter.com/goldsmiths.htm for some images of jewellers at work; this will give you some more ideas as to tools and techniques. Some of the images will also help suggest what clothing might have been worn by jewellers, but obviously, some of the images of St. Eligius ar...
- Wed May 25, 2011 10:18 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Medieval Cloth Merchants
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5753
Re: Medieval Cloth Merchants
More images of cloth merchants (drapers) at http://larsdatter.com/drapers.htm too.
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:58 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Medieval Sport
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6182
Re: Medieval Sport
i would also be interested if anyone can think of any other medieval games that mops can take part in :arrow: http://larsdatter.com/games.htm :D Another game that's not really linked from there (or its subpages) is a medieval balance game involving two players and (often) a stick. I don't know the ...
- Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:20 am
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Treadle Operated Sharpening stone
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4926
Re: Treadle Operated Sharpening stone
Dunno if it'd help (it is a fairly random assortment) but http://www.larsdatter.com/grindstone.htm has a few examples of this, I think.
- Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:18 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Early c11th English women's clothing advice, please!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5577
Re: foreigner needs a help.
Do you know is it possible to find this book as e-book?(Gale Owen-Crocker's 'Dress in Anglo-Saxon England'). It's available as a preview at http://books.google.com/books?id=45RJYhTGZiUC&pg=PP1 There's also some links online at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=...
- Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:25 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: medieval knitting???
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5011
Re: medieval knitting???
I've just finished knitting MooseAbuse a pair of lobster mittens (thumb and two big fingers). Karen's fab site has some pictures of them FWIW -- the "lobster mittens" (nice term for them!) :) are at http://larsdatter.com/gloves.htm -- in the "THREE-FINGERED GLOVES (aka SPLIT MITTENS)" section. I do...
- Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:43 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Question: about pavise and battle axe.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11869
Re: Question: about pavise and battle axe.
There's several hand-pavises at http://larsdatter.com/painted-shields.htm but they seem to all be German or Austrian -- even the two with pictures of St. George. There's also a description of pavises in use during a battle from the Wars of the Roses (it's in the second gray square on that page) but ...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:29 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Tentage images
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7490
Re: Tentage images
Working on a new page now, actually -- http://larsdatter.com/pavilion-heraldry.htm
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:07 pm
- Forum: 1715-1810
- Topic: Decorated musket stocks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6100
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:16 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Piercings throughout history.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5381
Re: Piercings throughout history.
This is one of those "it depends" questions ... for a 14th century English archer, probably not; but for a 16th century English noblewoman, sure. Check out http://larsdatter.com/earrings.htm for a bunch of examples. As regards the Bosch image above, and other images in 15th century northern European...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:12 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Chairs and the use of illustrations from abroad
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1192
Re: Chairs and the use of illustrations from abroad
(Yes, I Know about Larsdatter.com, but the majority of illustrations there are continental, so not worthless, but obviously care should be exercised in using them as exemplars) Well, to be honest, I'm not sure how much of the Mendel Housebook can really be held up as an exemplar of typical stuff fo...
- Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:38 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Lining of hoods
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9323
Re: Lining of hoods
Karen knows I am a devotee, but she would agree that the visual record is not enough to make judgements on prevalance. :o blasphemer! :@ :wink: No, you're right, and that's one of the things I point out on that page. I haven't found visual evidence of a woman in a dagged hood, and thought that migh...
- Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:28 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Lining of hoods
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9323
Re: Lining of hoods
Actually, this is one of these items I want to do more research into, so perhaps someone can help me out here. In my experience women's hoods tend to be open with very short (almost vestigial) gorgets/cape. Do anyone have any evidence of women wearing hoods with deep (over shoulder length) gorgets?...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:07 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: ladies hair
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12001
Re: ladies hair
Diverging the subject a bit more, didn't women used to colour their hair back in the 15th C? Here's a recipe from my translation of the Manual de mugeres : Lye to turn hair blond Take four celemines of vine-shoot ash, and one pound of ash of the lees of white wine. And add in a pot of rainwater, an...
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:33 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: the 3 layers rule of mens clothing
- Replies: 88
- Views: 19826
Re: the 3 layers rule of mens clothing
Tod wrote:Karen Larsdatter's pages are excellent you can find a link around here some where.


http://larsdatter.com/hose.htm deals with a lot of the conversation in this thread, I think.

- Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:10 pm
- Forum: 1715-1810
- Topic: What would they have eaten in an 18th c banqueting house??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3233
Re: What would they have eaten in an 18th c banqueting house??
I know this is an old posting, but I've assembled a list of links to 18th century (mostly English) cookbooks at http://larsdatter.com/18c/cookbooks.html which may help in your search. 

- Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:32 pm
- Forum: 1715-1810
- Topic: New section of larsdatter.com
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4026
Re: New section of larsdatter.com
Thanks, everybody! :$ Just added a new feature (which I may end up adding to the medieval/renaissance section of larsdatter.com too, at some point) -- it's got an RSS feed getting you to the newest pages, so users can subscribe to it and find out what I've added, since it's growing at about a page a...