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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David Moon
9/24/2019 03:21:29 am
Thanks for the blog. I am researching middle class English clothing of the mid 14th century (the sort of things the yeomanry would have worn), and found your post really useful. Can you let me have some references and patterns please?
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