colored 16th c. shirts?
Maybe one of my friends reading this might have a clue. This is something I posted on the h-costume list, if you read that list.
Hello all,
I have been in a discussion on a Tribe list on the use of colored shirts during Elizabeth's reign, and it comes from a fictionalized account of the romance of Elizabeth and Leicester. I've not heard of any shirts being made in colors during this time period (tho I do know they embroidered in colored silks), but I don't know the details of Elizabethan attire as well as others on this list do.
This is the passage in question:
"He gave Marshall an order on his London tailor, the same Whittle who had made his mourning, and Whittle ultimately delivered at Kenilworth
"A crimson satin doublet, a green taffeta doublet, a canvas doublet striped blue, a canvas doublet striped red and silver, a plain canvas doublet (not yet received, Marshall noted), a pair of crimson velvet trunk hose with crimson silk stockings, a pair of carnation woolen trunk hose with woolen stockings to match, green leather trunk hose with green stockings and blue leather trunk hose with blue stockings, a white leather jerkin trimmed with gold, a red and black leather jerkin, six pairs of double-soled shoes, two white, two black and two blue shirts, a double taffeta coat and a short damask gown trimmed with velvet."
“Elizabeth and Leicester” by Elizabeth Jenkins, pg 142.
Has anyone ever come across a reference to a colored shirt, perhaps black or blue in color, in any contemporary reference of the later 16th century in England or nearby? While I am skeptical, any information would be greatly appreciated.
Hello all,
I have been in a discussion on a Tribe list on the use of colored shirts during Elizabeth's reign, and it comes from a fictionalized account of the romance of Elizabeth and Leicester. I've not heard of any shirts being made in colors during this time period (tho I do know they embroidered in colored silks), but I don't know the details of Elizabethan attire as well as others on this list do.
This is the passage in question:
"He gave Marshall an order on his London tailor, the same Whittle who had made his mourning, and Whittle ultimately delivered at Kenilworth
"A crimson satin doublet, a green taffeta doublet, a canvas doublet striped blue, a canvas doublet striped red and silver, a plain canvas doublet (not yet received, Marshall noted), a pair of crimson velvet trunk hose with crimson silk stockings, a pair of carnation woolen trunk hose with woolen stockings to match, green leather trunk hose with green stockings and blue leather trunk hose with blue stockings, a white leather jerkin trimmed with gold, a red and black leather jerkin, six pairs of double-soled shoes, two white, two black and two blue shirts, a double taffeta coat and a short damask gown trimmed with velvet."
“Elizabeth and Leicester” by Elizabeth Jenkins, pg 142.
Has anyone ever come across a reference to a colored shirt, perhaps black or blue in color, in any contemporary reference of the later 16th century in England or nearby? While I am skeptical, any information would be greatly appreciated.