male historical dress – Medieval Clothing Research

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.

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Museum Photos: 1673 embroidered wedding suit (V&A)

Nic Museums, Photos August 25, 201517th century, goldwork embroidery, historical dress, historical embroidery, male historical dress, silver embroidery 0 Comment

Photos taken on 18th April 2003 in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Wedding suit:

Place of origin: England, Great Britain (made)
Date: 1673 (made)
Materials and Techniques: Wool, embroidered with silver and silver-gilt thread and lined with red silk

Clothing construction details in paintings: 1464-66 Master of the Lyversberg Passion, Cologne

Nic Historical Dress, Object Reconstruction, Photos August 22, 201515th century, Clothing details, Cologne, male historical dress, Wallraf-Richartz Museum 0 Comment

Master of the Lyversberg Passion (active in Cologne, c. 1450 – c. 1490): Two wings of a Passion Altar (Lyversberg Passion), c. 1464–1466. Oak, 92 x 67 cm (each scene). Acquired in 1864 with funds from the Richartz-Fonds. WRM 0143 – 0150.

The altar panels are in the Wallraf-Richartz museum, Cologne, Germany. Further information: http://www.wallraf.museum/en/collections/middle-ages/floorplan/gallery-7/

The image to the left is from the Rheinisches Bildarchiv.

The photos below in this post are from the bottom left panel of the left wing of the Lyversberg Passion altar, taken by myself on 18th August 2015. The figures below are secular ones in a religious altar piece.

Detail of spiral-laced calf opening to fit clothes skintight, and seam line at back of leg.

Construction details of seam placement in doublet A, and buttoned side closure in B.

Pin fastening on woman’s head veil.

Construction detail of man’s doublet C. Triangulate this secondary visual source with the primary source of the 14th century pourpoint of Charles de Blois, and the similarity of sleeve/shoulder seam placements becomes evident despite the fact the pourpoint dates from the 4th quarter of the 14th century, thus 100 years prior.

Photos of pourpoint from Joconde: Portail des collections des musées de France.

Doublet D appears to be velvet, cut and laid in two directions.

Museum Photos: late 16th and early 17th c. textile armour (Warwick Castle)

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Photos taken in May 2001 in Warwick Castle.

Museum Photos: 1690-1700 ‘Lord Clapham’ doll (V&A)

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Late 17th century fashionable dressed English doll, complete with accessories, informal and formal dress. Photos taken in April 2003 in the V&A museum.