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Merchant/craftsman class

  • Feb. 23rd, 2009 at 2:51 PM
embroidery blackwork
I recently talked to Joyce, and she's looking for another strong lady to play QEI at Queen Bess and the Pyrates this year in May, since my GM Pat will not be available to be GQ Bess, since she is Queen at an event on the East coast, and that is opening weekend for Pat.

So, I only have one faire requirement in court, which is Visalia/Tulare. Also Hanford, if I am doing Hanford. So... this has me pondering what to do at other local faires I do attend.

I am thinking of getting back to basics, and making up a decent "craftswoman's" gown of wool (have plenty in stash) to wear over my blue kirtle, find a shady tree at the event, and teach little ones all about spinning with wool, or maybe do embroidery, maybe as one of the Queen's embroiderers. Or maybe teach fingerloop braids for friendship bracelets, or something similar.

So... since I am not fond of "basic faire peasants", I guess I need to dig around and find a good merchant/craftsperson image to work up a good period appropriate outfit from (Elizabethan).

http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/CostumeMythsWS/myth08.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joris_Hoefnagel_Fete_at_Bermondsey_c_1569.png (blows up nice & big, thanks to Maggie)
http://tribes.tribe.net/renfairehistorysnobs/photos/6ce60987-de3e-4c98-a043-85edb0844de7

Anyone else have a good merchant or craftsperson images they care to share?
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[info]kass_rants wrote:
Feb. 24th, 2009 02:14 am (UTC)
I've been doing a lot of common English clothing lately. I use the Fete at Bermondsey and De Heere paintings for a lot. I also use "The Life of Mary Ward". If you look at some back LJ comments about my "Daily Blog" projects, someone in the comments found a couple of pics from Mary Ward's life that show her "undercover" as a servant.
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[info]sstormwatch wrote:
Feb. 24th, 2009 03:08 am (UTC)
Found the reply and link. Thank you very much for this. :-)
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[info]kass_rants wrote:
Feb. 24th, 2009 03:10 am (UTC)
Oh good! You found it. I went back 60 posts twice and just couldn't locate it. I'm glad you were able to locate it. There's not a lot of detail, but it's a depiction of common English women that we don't often see. And I loves me some English jackets! =)

I'm always on the lookout for pictures of "regular" people, especially English. I love the Dutch, but I hate to assume that the English commoners were wearing the same thing, you know? Might as well share the love, eh?
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[info]kimikosews wrote:
Feb. 24th, 2009 04:12 am (UTC)
I understand. And I really appreciate it.

I am looking at [info]attack_laurel's web site, and her jackets. In fact I am seeing them pop up all over the place, from [info]sarahbellem, to ladies on Tribe. And so I want one, too. I am just unsure when those came into use, at least in that form. Do you know the earliest date? I would not want to wear it at an event that is too early, you know?

And it looks like I need to pick up another book, gosh shucky darn.
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[info]kass_rants wrote:
Feb. 24th, 2009 12:13 pm (UTC)
In my research, the first English jacket pops up in the 1580s but they ara rare. Then they really became wildly popular starting in the 1590s. That's when we see embroidered versions in portraiture as well as plain versions in common people art like The Cryes of London. They last in popularity until about 1620 for the fashionable, when they the waists raise and the whole French bodice comes in. But for common women, we see this same jacket in the same construction well into the 1660s. That being said, they are not so different from feminine doublets which appear solidly on the radar in the 1570s.

I've been wearing English jackets for years to everything from SCA events and Ren Faires to English Civil War events and even the ocassional Golden Age of Piracy thing. Very versitile. Just sold a pattern for one today. They are Teh Bomb.

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