In this edition of Teasel's Tudor trivia, Teasel the dog and author and historian Claire Ridgway talk about the different fabrics that were used to make clothes during the medieval and Tudor period - linen, wool, lawn, buckram, silk, velvet, taffeta, satin, sarsenet (sarcenet), damask, cloth of gold, cloth of silver, cloth of tissue and caffa, as well as the furs, ermine and miniver.

 

It is highly recommended that you view this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/yaT9dPqDvrE

 

Videos mentioned: 

Which colours did Anne Boleyn like? - https://youtu.be/AhfdKtqKxBQ

What did Tudor children wear? - Part 1 – Tudor babies - https://youtu.be/wj0ONpmSt10

What did Tudor children wear - Part 2 - Toddlers - https://youtu.be/A-7sJeCqeSA

Teasel's Tudor Trivia - What did Tudor children wear - Part 3 - Girls and Boys - https://youtu.be/dQbI0Z1Jlv0

 

Further reading:

The Tudor Tailor

Rosalie Gilbert's Medieval Woman website - https://rosaliegilbert.com/fabricnames.html

See cloth of silver at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/213111

Velvet at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/velv/hd_velv.htm, https://trc-leiden.nl/trc-digital-exhibition/index.php/velvet/item/173-a-brief-history-of-velvet , http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/workbox/exttex16.htm

 

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Claire Ridgway

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