Landsknecht Cloak

Jan 20, 2010 16:52


For those out there with a better grasp of basic pattern shapes in the 16th C - any thoughts on what the basic 'cloak' shape is in these images?


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virginiadear January 21 2010, 01:00:29 UTC
No; square or rectangular is what came first to my mind.
And the second thing that came to my mind (as I was scrolling slowly) was, "Isn't that drawing a Durer?" (Why, yes, 'virginiadear,' it is!0

And the last thing is, "Check Kohler, and see if he can't shed some light on this. I KNOW his best thing was Germanic fashions in the Victorian era---it's when he lived, after all---but the guy was German and despite editors and a lot of bad SCA press, not stupid. And he *did* understand cut.

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hsifeng January 21 2010, 03:44:55 UTC
We will get draping this weekend (basic rectangle first, modified from there) and see what we get. Sadly, I don't own the Kohler - do you? Any chance you could poke around in there on my behalf?

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virginiadear January 21 2010, 03:55:07 UTC
Yes, I do; the Dover edition. I could and will, but I'm not sure precisely how soon I'll get to do that. In other words, it's at home, and I'm not, so I can't say, "Yeah, give me an hour" or promise "Tomorrow before lunch, my local time."

But I ought to be able to poke around *sometime* tomorrow.
'Kay?

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hsifeng January 21 2010, 04:25:21 UTC
That would be lovely honey, thank you!

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hsifeng January 21 2010, 16:44:38 UTC
Be sure to check mmcnealy's reply before going to the books - she posted a couple of the Kohler images you may be thinking of.

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virginiadear January 21 2010, 17:09:04 UTC
Yep; thought I remembered seeing those in Kohler.

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