Making a 15th Century Princess Gown Part 1 || Historical Reconstruction

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Note re: marking with ink: I wasn’t sure if I could reproduce the images here, but if you’re looking for some evidence see Janet Arnold’s ‘Patterns of Fashion’ Volume 3 (p. 48, fig. 56C) and Volume 4 (p. 46, fig. 327).

Corrections and improvements on the information given in this video will be published here in the description section, along with relevant sources and name/username acknowledgement.

MATERIAL SOURCES:
-Wool: A&K Fabrics, NYC. 9 yards
-Linen thread: Burnley & Trowbridge [https://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/LT1718.aspx]
-Turkey pointers for quills: Dersh Feather, NYC

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USEFUL SOURCES
-Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion 3 https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/janet-arnold/patterns-of-fashion-c1560-1620
-Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion 4 https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/janet-arnold/patterns-of-fashion-4
-Crowfoot, Elisabeth; Pritchard, Frances; Staniland, Kay. Textiles and Clothing 1150-1450. Museum of London. https://museumoflondonshop.co.uk/collections/book-1/products/textiles-clothing-1150-1450
-Egan, Geoff and Pritchard, Frances. Dress Accessories 1150 - 1450. Museum of London. https://museumoflondonshop.co.uk/collections/book-1/products/dress-accessories-1150-1450
-Nørlund, Poul. Buried Norsemen at Herjolsfnes: an Archaeological and Historical Study. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/B/bo26785756.html

IMAGE CREDIT
-“Saint George Slaying the Dragon” by Jost Haller. Unterlinden Museum. Digital image from Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jost_Haller_-_Saint_George_slaying_the_dragon,_Unterlinden_Museum,_Colmar.jpg
-“Le Livre des faiz monseigneur saint Loys, composé à la requête du « cardinal de Bourbon et de la duchesse de Bourbonnois”. Detail from a manuscript, c. 1401-1500. BnF Gallica. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000784s/f178.zoom.r=%20Le%20Livre
-“Alabaster effigies (circa 1471) of John Harington, 4th Baron Harington (died 1418) and his wife Elizabeth Courtenay (died 1471) in St Dubricius' parish church, Porlock, Somerset”. Digital image from Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PhotoHaringtonEffigiesPorlock.jpg
-Detail from “Devonshire Hunting Tapestries”. V&A Museum (T.205-1957). Made cc. 1440 - 1450. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O94145/the-devonshire-hunting-tapestries-tapestry-unknown/
-“Portrait of a Female Donor” by Petrus Christus. C. 1455. Samuel H. Kress Collection (1961.9.11) National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. https://images.nga.gov/en/search/do_quick_search.html?q=%221961.9.11%22

Additional cinematography by Dani Banner.
‘Herjolfsnes’ pronunciation advice from Bettina Forsberg; apologies for my butchery of it. ;)

MUSIC
Intro: Crunk Knight by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Background: Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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