Some features on the recent 14th Century cloak I completed. Unlike earlier cloaks, which were often a simple square or rectangular piece of wool that was pinned at the shoulder, 14th Century cloaks became tailored garments, often with buttons for a more fitted neckline, and remains of a sewn-in dart on the opposing shoulder on the likes of the Bocksten cloak shows an even higher level of tailoring going into these pieces.
This particular cloak, made from 2/2 madder red-dyed wool, features both the dart on one shoulder, as well as hand-cast pewter buttons, based off an original from 14th Century England in the British Museum.
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