Patterns for several styles of early Tudor kirtles (basic dresses or underdresses), suitable for ladies c1485-1520. With full instructions for choosing materials, sizing and constructing garments - perfect for reenactors.
These patterns were developed for inclusion in The Queen's Servants and are based on the garments and fabrics issued by the Great Wardrobes of Henry VII and Henry VIII as well as visual sources including:
- A wax votive offering (c1500) at Exeter Cathedral, Devon
- Deposition by an anonymous artist (c1460), Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, Germany
- Massacre of the Innocents, detail from the right-hand panel of a triptych by Hugo van der Goes (c1470), Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
- Wavrin Master, Histoire des Seigneurs de Gavre (1460) Roman de Girart de Nevers. Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, Ms. 9631. fol. 11
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