Later Period Germans
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hsifengOK, first off – thank you for your patience with my little ‘Origins of the Landsknecht’ blog-series/project. I swear, I *am* actually sewing and will blog about that soon as well. As a point of observation; I say I won’t quilt because I don’t see the point of cutting fabric into small pieces, sewing it back together and then cutting it up again to sew it in a pattern…and yet I make men’s early-period German costumes where that sort of thing happens all the time… WTF?!?
Aaaaanyway...
In the meantime I want to blog about the costume that I am going to be working on next for the 16th C. And I mean it; I am going to do this one. For sure. First of all – it’s later period. And considering the number of faires that my husband I do that are Elizabethan, this should be a no-brainer. Second, the image for my dress is actually From Köln. You know, that city that my character and her husband are from. And given the amount that I rant about regionalism, you’d think I’d have put my money where my mouth is by now. (*insert eye roll here*) Finally, I have been told by the Costume Mistress at the primary event that we attend that my husband can wear this if I make him the later period set to go with it!
Nürnberg Comedy Commemorative Moose Hunting Hat
And for the color versions, (thank you![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mmcnealy!) go here. Trust me, GO. It is worth it...
Anyone want to lend a hand with a translation of this bit?
Yes. That hat actually exists.
EDIT 9/9/11: And now I realize that LJ is a bastard and is eating the images of the clothing that I am planning to accompany this hat.
/insert copious cursing here as LJ continues to baffle and annoy me in my efforts to add those images back in to this post
Without further ado:
I plan on making the red dress to the left of this image; although I must admit I have found a few other Kölnish examples that are tempting me as well (which I will blog about separately).
Aaaaanyway...
In the meantime I want to blog about the costume that I am going to be working on next for the 16th C. And I mean it; I am going to do this one. For sure. First of all – it’s later period. And considering the number of faires that my husband I do that are Elizabethan, this should be a no-brainer. Second, the image for my dress is actually From Köln. You know, that city that my character and her husband are from. And given the amount that I rant about regionalism, you’d think I’d have put my money where my mouth is by now. (*insert eye roll here*) Finally, I have been told by the Costume Mistress at the primary event that we attend that my husband can wear this if I make him the later period set to go with it!
Nürnberg Comedy Commemorative Moose Hunting Hat
And for the color versions, (thank you
mmcnealy!) go here. Trust me, GO. It is worth it...Anyone want to lend a hand with a translation of this bit?
Yes. That hat actually exists.
EDIT 9/9/11: And now I realize that LJ is a bastard and is eating the images of the clothing that I am planning to accompany this hat.
/insert copious cursing here as LJ continues to baffle and annoy me in my efforts to add those images back in to this post
Without further ado:
I plan on making the red dress to the left of this image; although I must admit I have found a few other Kölnish examples that are tempting me as well (which I will blog about separately).
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Date: 2011-09-01 04:48 am (UTC)Your moose hat reminds me that I've been waiting close to 10 years for a viking chicken hat from my sister in law. I gave up holding my breath around year 2.
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Date: 2011-09-01 02:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-01 05:57 pm (UTC)I am forever infected with optimism about the possibility of people following the advice on my icon. *wink* And even if they don't want to do that the Eliz Cost group on FB and the SNOBS on Tribe are more than willing to do the leg work for them if they'd only be willing to listen.
*sigh*
And now I must insist. Pictures of the Viking Chicken Hat!
I have a similar issue with a Saxon Collar I commissioned *cough*TenYearsAgo*cough*. I need to poke someone about that...thank you for the reminder!
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Date: 2011-09-04 07:30 am (UTC)Here's the original site and lots of other people have various knitting sites around who have improved on the chicken leg, or sized it up for adults, etc.
http://alohamedia.net/sarah/hats/chicken-viking/
I still want it.
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Date: 2011-09-06 07:25 pm (UTC);)
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Date: 2011-09-09 05:33 pm (UTC)There has been so much discussion of various parts of this project all over the hell and gone (here, FB, e-mail, etc). that I can’t remember *who* I talked to about *what*, *where*. Anyway. I was running through some old research info today – looking for my list of period v. non-period fruits and veg dontchaknow – and ran across this tidbit regarding Elizabethan sumptuary law in regards to pants yardages.
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SOURCE: Printed by R. Jugge and J. Cawood (London, 1562): Articles for the execution of the Statutes of Apparel, and for the reformation of the outrageous excess thereof grown of late time within the realm, devised upon the Queen's Majesty's commandment, by advice of her Council, 6 May 1562
“And for the reformation of the use of the monstrous and outrageous greatness of hose, crept alate into the realm to the great slander thereof, and the undoing of a number using the same, being driven for the maintenance thereof to seek unlawful ways as by their own confession have brought them to destruction: it is ordained as abovesaid that no tailor, hosier, or other person, whosoever he shall be, after the day of the publication hereof, shall put any more cloth in any one pair of hose for the outside than one yard and a half, or at the most one yard and three-quarters of a yard of kersey or of any kind of cloth, leather, or any other kind of stuff above the quantity; and in the same hose to be put only one kind of lining besides linen cloth next to the leg if any shall be so disposed; the said lining not to lie loose or bolstered, but to lie just unto their legs, as in some ancient time was accustomed; sarcanet, muckender, or any other like thing used to be worn, and to be plucked out for the furniture of the hose, not to be taken in the name of the said lining. Neither any man under the degree of a baron to wear within his hose any velvet, satin, or other stuff above the estimation or sarcanet or taffeta.
“For the due and better execution and observation whereof, the Mayor of London and the rulers and officers of the suburbs and of Westminster, and other exempted places, shall immediately, after this proclamation made, call before them in every of their several jurisdictions all hosiers or tailors making hose dwelling within the precincts of the same, and shall bind every of them in the sum of £40 or more as cause shall require, to the Queen's Highness's use, to observe this part of this said proclamation touching hose, without any manner fraud or guile; which bonds, as any shall be found to offend contrary to this ordinance, they shall certify into the Exchequer with the name of every such offender. In all other cities or towns corporate the mayor and head officers shall do in all points the like, and in all other places the justices of peace; the officers of the Exchequer to certify the Lords of the Queen's Highness's Privy Council at the beginning of every term what bonds have come or have been sent into that office touching the premises till that day, and what number of them have been executed.
“If any hosier shall refuse to enter into such bond, to be immediately committed to ward and to be suffered no more to continue his occupation.”