Fourteenth Century Costumes

This carefully researched volume offers lovers of both costume and the medieval period a meticulously researched and accurately detailed study of the clothing of the Middle Ages. Following an illuminating discussion of the style and construction of costumes worn in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, noted costume historian Mary G. Houston provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of actual apparel worn by all classes and sectors of society. Included are elaborate royal, ... [Read More]

Academic, Scholarly, Research

This Getting Dressed Guide, written by clothing historian Kass McGann and backed by 20 years of research, will tell you everything you need to know to dress historically accurately as an Western European Man from the 1340s through the 1380s in England, France, Italy, Germany and elsewhere.

This volume deals with two centuries of costumes and fashions, taking us from basic fourteenth century utilitarian tunics and gowns to the clothing of the Early Tudor period and the start of the English renaissance. Miss Brooke's drawings detail the fundamental differences and similarities, both in idea and style, that persisted throughout the period. Primary sources are used to show the development of the garments and point us to direct references for patterns. There are specific illustrations ... [Read More]

Ever wish you had all Reconstructing History Patterns' historical notes from a certain time period in one neat place for easy reference?Well, do we have the product for you!Introducing the Assembled Historical NotesThis downloadable booklet includes all the historical notes from the patterns in a given series, all together in one easy-to-use PDF. if we've made any discoveries since you bought your pattern, the Assembled Historical Notes will have the most recent version. Also if we've made any... [Read More]

Published in a limited academic edition of 500 copies. Contents: Chapter I. Occupational or Everyday Dress?: 1 The Complexity of the Subject Matter 2 Fashion in Working Dress 3 The Source Base; Chapter II. Everyday Peasant Dress: 1 Peasant Clothes in Europe from the Late Middle Ages to the Early 16th Century 2 Peasant Working Clothes in Western and Southern Europe from the 16th to the Early 19th Century 3 Peasant Working Dress in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe Which Had Distinct Nat... [Read More]

The present exhibition is one of a series of five worked out in the partnership between the Metropolitan Museum and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux of France. The others are: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Louvre, shown at the Metropolitan in October 1974; Impressionism, which included some forty-five of the greatest paintings in the style and was seen at the Louvre in September and here in December 1974; and final... [Read More]