Description
Raymond's Quiet Press, Published 1980. Paperback, 170 pp.; 21 cm; Second Printing, July 1980; illustrated throughout with line drawings, calligraphic headings and cutting diagrams by Mistress Rodema de Rohan.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Cream illustrated paper covers with illuminated title in blue and red on front; mild to moderate shelf and edge wear with some spotting and soiling, heavier to rear cover, and a 1/2-inch tear to paper over bottom of spine. Binding tight. Mild toning to edges of text block, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. An early costume handbook published "for their friends in the Society for Creative Anachronism," written by an SCA Laurel (O.L.). Covers European dress from Byzantium and the barbarian kingdoms through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, early Tudor and Italian Renaissance garb, with practical advice on choosing a persona's costume, period fabrics and colors, headdresses, hairdressing, shoes and jewelry. Concludes with a section of cutting patterns showing how to adapt modern commercial patterns to period styles, including cloaks, wimples, gable hoods and Tudor bodices. Typewritten text with hand-lettered calligraphic headings. Contents: Personagarb; Evolution of Fabric in the Middle Ages; Byzantines and Barbarians; Costume of the 12th and 13th Centuries; The Wonderful 14th Century; The 15th Century; Early Male Tudor Garb; Early Tudor Female Garb; A Note on Italian Renaissance Garb; Sex and the Single Surcoat; Cutting Patterns.