Clearance Sale
I'm offering some one-off items for sale, as detailed below. Please note the sizes: they are all quite small and either they'll fit you, or they won't. The low prices reflect the fact that these are old stock, though only one garment shows any marks of wear.
Serious prospective purchasers are welcome to contact me for more details and to discuss delivery, which will be charged at cost.
Buy the Medieval Tailor's Assistant
These images were copied by Sarah from original sources and are an important part of her research into medieval garments.
| Man’s fashionable garments, c.1350-80 | £300 | ||
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| DOUBLET Vintage linen inner and outer, lightly quilted with layers of linen (I think). | |||
| COTEHARDIE Pure wool broadcloth, lined soft woollen. Real fur tippets, creature unidentified (looks like teddy-bear fur). | |||
| ACTUAL DIMENSIONS for the doublet. For chest size, measure with lungs filled. | |||
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| Chest | 97 cm (38”) | ||
| Waist | 79 cm (31”) | ||
| Centre back length, neck to waist | 46 cm (18”) | ||
| Sleeve from shoulder | 67 cm (26”) | ||
| Top arm girth | 34 cm (13”) | ||
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| Garment length from shoulder | 66 cm (26”) | ||
| These items were made about 1996 for research, and have been displayed a lot but worn very little. | |||
| The doublet was the first I made by modelling and the construction is experimental: the body, hips, sleeves and collar were quilted as sub-assemblies and then oversewn together. The condition is good. | |||
| Sleeve buttons are vintage metal. All hand sewn. |
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| The cotehardie was made to fit over the doublet. The main seams are machined but this is not visible; the dagged hem is left raw. | |||
| Garment length | 93 cm (36.5”) | ||
| This outfit ought to include a hood, and a belt possibly worn at hip level. The doublet currently has no fixings for hose. | |||
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| Gown and kirtle 1450 – 1480 | Size 12-14 | £200 | |
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| KIRTLE Experimental waist-seam pattern, made about 1994. Lovely heather medley wool twill, bodice lined linen. This is essentially an undergarment, to be worn under the gown. Has been worn, but good clean condition. Machine sewn (visible inside skirt) and hand finished. |
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| Actual measurements: | |||
| Bust | 92 cm (36”) | ||
| Waist | 76 cm (30”) | ||
| Centre back nape to waist | 40 cm (16”) | ||
| Skirt length from waist | 95 cm (37.5”) | ||
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| GOWN classic flared-from-shoulder shape with narrow collar and turn-back cuffs. All wool, fashionable mustard-colour broadcloth outside and lightweight grey inside. The neck has been altered because this is the first one I ever made, in 1990, when the books said the back was V-shaped as well. Overall good condition, but some spot stains. This gown needs a high belt to complete it; it could be worn showing the kirtle lacing. Machine sewn seams but all hand finishing. | |||
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| Length from front shoulder to hem | 150 cm (59”) | ||
| Sleeve length from shoulder (excludes cuff) | 60cm (23.5”) | ||
| Hem circumference is about | 3.5 m (11’ 6”) | ||
| Below: cuff turned back. Right: cuff turned down | |||
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| Smock and cotte, 1100-1180 | Size 12-14 | £250 | |
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| SMOCK and COTTE (or CHAINSE and BLIAUT, to be posh) featured in the Medieval Tailor’s Assistant (2nd edition). These are unfitted garments, unlined and all hand sewn. Made about 2010, unworn. | |||
| SMOCK Soft vintage linen, made with faced neck and wrists with topstiching. Sleeves are over-long and should be pleated at the wrists when laundered. |
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| Length from shoulder | 126 cm (49.5”) | ||
| Width at bust | 106 cm (42”) | ||
| – to fit | 92-94 cm (36-37”) | ||
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| COTTE Pure wool. charcoal lozenge twill (Cloth Hall’s finest) hand sewn, with red worsted edge stitching. This was made to try out pleated side gores and no centre gores for a fashionable but not extreme version of contemporary style. | |||
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| Length from shoulder | 134 cm (53”) | ||
| Width at bust | 98 cm (38.5”) | ||
| -to fit | 92-94 cm (36-37”) | ||
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