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Dress Diaries

16th Century

   The Marguerite de Valois Gown  (Work in Progress) Updated December 25, 2009

 

15th Century

 A 15th Century Florentine Gown

 

Accoutrements, Accessories and Dolls

16th Century

 A Sixteenth Century Embroidered Coif 

  A 16th Century "Visard" Mask

  A 16th Century French Fashion Doll

   A 16th Century Muff  -- A brief history of the 16th Century fashion of wearing muffs, and construction details of my own version.

 A Pair of 16th Century Leather Gloves

 

Cooking Articles

 Taillis, Dried Fruit Pudding (From the Viandier de Taillevent) As published in Atlantia's Arts and Sciences Newsletter, "The Oak," Issue No. 23, 2007

 

Period Images

  Images of Embroidered Extant Pieces -- 16th Century

  Images of French Dress from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum

   The Florence Colloquium Albums -- These are the pictures I took during my 2008 visit to Florence for the Janet Arnold Colloquium:   ALBUM No. 1   --   ALBUM No. 2

 

Architectural Images

   Pictures from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London

 

SCA Class Notes

   How to Organize and Run a Pennsic Encampment (Without Strangling your Friends)

    Gloves and Muffs and Masks, Oh My!

  Conquering the SCA Arts and Sciences Competition

    Dressing the Rapier Fighter -- Notes from my rapier armor class (HTML).   PDF Format  Updated April 2, 2007

 

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