The Queen's Servants: gentlewomen's dress at the accession of Henry VIII - REVISED 2ND EDITION farthingale Sewing thread

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probate accounts and household expenses identifies the most popular garments with trends in textiles and colours and interprets them in the context of the acts of apparel and royal proclamations on clothes as they applied to those below knights in Tudor society

Jane Popincourt was a Frenchwoman in the service of Henry VII

The kirtle has a square neckline at the front and scoop at the back

Linen canvas is used to interline and stiffen the bodies (or bodice)

The Queen's Servants: gentlewomen's dress at the accession of Henry VIII - REVISED 2ND EDITION farthingale Sewing threadWritten by Caroline Johnson; edited by Jane Malcolm Davies and Ninya Mikhaila 56 pages full colour pages Patterns for smocks, early Tudor kirtles, early Tudor gowns and headwear (round bonnet & frontlet, pointed bonnet & frontlet) with variations and comprehensive step by step making instructions Over 25 historical illustrations Detailed line drawings and illustrations by Michael Perry Photographs showing finished reconstructed garments worn by real