Originally posted on the DHF BBS by Brayton Carpenter of Legendary Costume Works:

( The best way to pattern oneself for the doublet requires the assistance of a friend. )

http://www.st-max.org/ae-backslash.htm

This article got me thinking when I read it awhile back. Now, I am not refuting what appears to be the overall premise of the work (that slashing on the back of a landsknecht Wams/doublet appears to less common than a lack of slashing), but ( Read more... )

From: Textile Conservation and Research. A Documentation of the Textile Department on the 20th Anniversary of the Abegg Foundation.
Bern, Schriften der Abbeg-stiftung, 1988

Onward and upward....

This entry takes us into the later period and the images and descriptions of the outer and under doublets of Count Friedrich von Stubenberg. Count ( Read more... )

From: Textile Conservation and Research. A Documentation of the Textile Department on the 20th Anniversary of the Abegg Foundation.
Bern, Schriften der Abbeg-stiftung, 1988

As mentioned in my entry on men's knitted hats from this same book, this entry deals with a set of clothing from the Berne Historical Museum. The clothing was originally ( Read more... )