Extant Clothing – Medieval Clothing Research

Museum photos: 1584-90 doublet and hose (Dresden)

Nic Extant Clothing, Historical Dress, Museums June 29, 2019June 29, 201916th century, historical dress 0 Comment

Doublet and hose belonging to the Saxon Electoral Regalia.

c.1584-90, outer fabric Italian, tailoring Dresden, Electoral tailor’s workshop. Warp-faced satin, warp crimson silk, weft light salmon silk, pinking pattern with cut warp threads, the weft threads being left intact. Trim: crimson silk velvet (faded).

Dresden Residenzschloss Museum

1586 Lauenberger Fuerstengruft: silk velvet and metal embroidered coat

Nic Extant Clothing, Museums June 4, 2016June 29, 201916th century, male dress, male historical dress 0 Comment

1586 coat of Duke Duke Wilhelm V, silk velvet, heavily embroidered with a variety of gold and silver threads. Found in the Lauenburger crypt and displayed in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. Tradition has it that Duke Wilhelm wore this coat at his wedding with Duchess Renata of Lorraine.