15th CENTURY UNDIES!!!

[hsifeng]

I love Katrin Kania's blog, "a stitch in time". Today she posted this lovely info on extant German undies from the 16th c.

Yeppers.

Undies.

*i <3 extant undies*



Aaaanyway. There is an English language article available as well here.

Just filing this all away for future reading and reference.

EDITED 7/6/11: And here is jillwheezul talking about the German language article on these.

EDITED 7/18/12: Due to a recent set of English language articles on this topic, interest has swung back round again on this find. mmcnealy just posted this tidbit on FB. http://www.uibk.ac.at/urgeschichte/projekte_forschung/textilien-lengberg/medieval-lingerie-from-lengberg-castle-east-tyrol.html

Comments

[cantarella.livejournal.com]

That's possible, yes. The article says that the pants are triple layered linen in the crotch area, which would make a bit of a pad already.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Interesting, I would love to get an Abegg Foundation style report on these; see if any of those layers were identifiable as repairs or if they were original components of the garment. I am trying to imagine how many layers the crotch of my undies would end up with if I had to patch them rather than throwing them out when they wore through.

Um. If that was more information than you were looking for as to the nature of my lingerie collection, my apologies.

/shifty eyes.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Oh holy heck! I may actually get my Abegg Foundation wish at some point it seems... "Im Zuge der wissenschaftlichen Aufarbeitung der textilen Funde aus der Gewölbezwickelfüllung wurde eine Kooperation der ABT mit dem Museum und der Textilrestaurierungswerkstätte der Abegg-Stiftung in Riggisberg in der Schweiz initiiert."

*does a little jig*

That would be A.W.E.S.O.M.E.!

[cantarella.livejournal.com]

I LOVELOVE the Abegg Foundation.
(No, I won't tell you that it only takes me an hour to get there... that would be mean, wouldn't it? ;-p)

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

No, I won't tell you that it only takes me an hour to get there... that would be mean, wouldn't it? ;-p

*sticks fingers in ears*

Lalalalalalalala! I can't heeeear you...

*pouts*

Seriously thought, that is very cool!

[pinkdiamond.livejournal.com]

! ! !

Just.. !


And here I a getting excited about finally being able to access the libraries of my own city.... ;) Our region re-merged cities back into one and now I am able to get books out from the library closest to me ;)