15 Century Herjolfsnes dress #39 |
![]() DescriptionThe short green woollen overdress is completly hand sewn by my husband. The longer underdress is made out of undeyed, unbleached linen, all visible seams are handsewn. Inspiration
Patterns usedThe pattern of this dress bought in the museum shop of the National Museum in Copenhagen,Denmark.More informationThe green overdress is made in the size of the excavated original. The woman who wore this dress was estimaded to be 1.48 cm in size, although I am small, I am not that small. This could explain the shortness of the dress. Most dresses found at the same site had long sleeves, sometimes even with slits, so that the sleeves of the dress had to be sewn together, each time a lady would wear it. Maybe the sleeves of this dress have been cut short after the sleeves had been worn out. More information on this dress and the garments found at the same site,
can be found at on the website Clothing of the Middle Ages from Marc Carlson
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