Boy's gown Girls' kirtle and gown
HEAD-WEAR
Men's hats and caps Materials Coif Cloth hats: three styles
Men's hoods Materials Basic hood Hood with front opening Hoods as hats Bag hat Chaperon
Women's linen head-dresses Materials and making up Kerchiefs Fillet Wimples Tailed cap
Women's cloth head-dresses and hoods Materials Cloth veil Open hoods: early and later styles
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Round hoods: two styles Black head-dress 'Gable' head-dress
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Women's fashionable head-dresses
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Materials Making up Barbette and fillet Frilled veil Caul Templers: early and fashionable Cut-away caul for wide templers Separate horns: broader and taller styles Large horns: earlier and later styles Henins and wired veil Butterfly head-dress
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ACCESSORIES Belts, purses and pouches Materials and fittings Gloves and mittens Mitten and split mitten
Aprons Jewellery Hand luggage Glossary Suggested reading Suppliers and information
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List of plates Colour Frontispiece. Tailor, 1320-1330 10. Early 14th century surcote 12. Mid 15th century pleated gown 13. Back view of pleated gown
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6. Early 14th century cote 7. Mid 15th century doublet and hose 8. Back view of doublet in Plate 7 9. Scene from mass baptism, 1468 11. Court dance, 1465 14. Fixing the gown pleats, Plates 12, 13 15. Detail from Plate 9 16. Woman in Overkirtle, c.1440 17. Passover scene, c.l320 18. Building the Tower of Babel, 1423 19. Chaperon, mid 15th century
Black and white 1. Lined edge finished in stab stitch 2. Fastening for a mitten sleeve 3. Partly buttoned mitten sleeve 4. Dagged edge of chaperon in Plate 19 5. Rural workers, early 14th century
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