This is not the post you were looking for promised, but last night my husband REALLY wanted to see Rogue One, and I REALLY wanted to support his initiative to do something fun. So that ate up the time I was planning to spend on...
Read MoreAnnouncing: 31 pages of analysis and examples of women’s headwear between 1460 and 1530. (18MB, PDF file, click link to download) This is the handout from a class I taught at Rowany Festival in 2014. It covers eight types...
Read MoreOne of the most distinctive aspects of Netherlandish clothing are the hats. It’s probably the whole reason that I’m drawn to the style. While the ladies of England and France were wearing the ubiquitous...
Read MoreAs promised back in February, here’s the 20 page research paper on the history, varieties and potential construction of the Hovetcleet (know in modern Dutch as a sluierkap). It includes a visual survey of the change in...
Read MoreIn preparation for a class on women’s headwear in France and the Low Countries that I am teaching at Rowany Festival I have started a count of the frequency of each hat type as represented in art. I thought I might...
Read MoreThis is part 2 of the Hovetcleet Challenge, and my entry in the Historical Sew Fortnightly’s 2nd challenge: Innovation. Part 1: Hovetcleets and Oorijzers covers the history of this piece of headwear and some of my theories...
Read MoreThe iconic and most easily identifiable item of female Netherlandish clothing is the heart shaped structured veil, or hovetcleet, seen in many paintings of the time. Most especially in the works of Gerard David and Joos van...
Read MoreAlexandra asked in the comments to the Gaudete Frock post: I am working on the picture of the chessplayers by Lucas van Leyden. As you have a great overview over his work as well as the dutch clothing tradition I wanted to ask...
Read MoreMy friend Mathilde is living in the Middle East for a while, so decided to start a large embroidery project for the quiet times. She’s chosen to recreate the headgear from this portrait of a Dutch woman from the late...
Read MoreThis dress is based on two figures from the painting by Gerard David, “Virgin among Virgins”. The cut of the dress is based on the woman in green and the fabric’s pattern on the two figures in red and gold...
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