Images
With a couple of exceptions, the images on this site are:
- Images from online sources, used under Creative Commons licence and linked back to the source;
- Photographs taken by me in museums and galleries, or while working on projects; and
- Photos taken by other people, used with permission and attributed wherever possible (if you have additional attributions, please let me know).
I have include a few pictures from out-of-print books, duly referenced.
Books & articles
Sources are cited in each article or project, and linked back to this page for efficiency:
Alcega J de (1979) Tailor’s Pattern Book 1589 Facsimile (Pain J & Bainton C trans), Ruth Bean, Bedford UK
Ambuter C (1982) The Open Canvas Workman Publishing, NY
Amman J & Sachs H (1973) The Book of Trades (Standebuch) (Reprint of 1568 edition), Dover NY
Anderson RM (1979) Hispanic Costume 1480-1530, The Hispanic Society of America, NY
Arnold J (1985) Patterns of Fashion 3: The cut and construction of clothes for men and women c.1560-1620, McMillan, London
Arnold J (2023) Patterns of Fashion 3: The content, cut, construction and context of European men’s and women’s dress c.1560-1620 2nd Ed, The School of Historical Dress, London
Arnold J (2008) Patterns of Fashion 4: The cut and construction of linen shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear and accessories for men and women c.1560-1620, McMillan, London
Arnold J (1988) Queen Elizabeth’s Wardrobe Unlock’d, WS Maney & Son Ltd, Leeds
Ashelford J (1983) A Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century Batsford, London
Ashelford J (1988) Dress in the Age of Elizabeth Batsford, London
Barich K & McNealy M (2015) Drei Schnittbücher: Three Austrian Master Tailor Books of the 16th Century, Nadel und Farden Press, USA
Boucher F A (1987) History of Costume in the West, Thames & Hudson, NY
Bridgeman H & Drury E (1978) Needlework: an illustrated history, Paddington Press, New York
Braun & Schneider (1975) Historic Costume in Pictures (Dover reprint of 1907 edition) Dover Publucations, NY
Carretero, CH, JK Luaces, JCV Pérez, MJG Bárcena & F Español (2005) Vestiduras ricas: el Monasterio de Las Huelgas y su época 1170-1340, Patrimonio National
Cennini C (1993) The Craftsman’s Handbook “Il Libro dell’Arte” (Thomson DV Jr trans) Dover Publications, NY
Coatsworth E and Owen-Crocker G (2018) Clothing the Past: Surviving Garments from Early Medieval to Early Modern Europe, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands
Cowgill J, de Neergaard M and Griffiths N (2000) Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 1 Knives and Scabbards, Museum of London, London
Crowfoot E, & Pritchard F and Staniland K (1991) Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 4 Textiles and Clothing c.1150 – c.1450, Museum of London, London
Dahl CL & Sturtewagen I (2008) The Cap of St. Birgitta, in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 4, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge UK
Digby GW (1963) Elizabethan Embroidery Faber & Faber, London
Dreher D (1981) From the Neck Up: An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking, Madhatter Press, Minneapolos, MN
Drogin M (1980) Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique, George Prior, London
Egan G (2005) Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, MoLAS Monograph 19, Museum of London, London
Egan G (1998) Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 6 The Medieval Household Daily Living c.1150 – c.1450, Museum of London, London
Egan G & Pritchard F (1991) Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3 Dress Accessories c.1150 – c.1450, Museum of London, London
Ellis M (2001) Embroiders and Samplers from Islamic Egypt, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Evans, SJ (1988) Counted Thread Patterns from Nicolo Zoppino’s Universali (The Universals) 1537, Self published
Flury-Lemberg, M (1988) Textile conservation and research: a documentation of the Textile Department on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Abegg Foundation, Abegg-Stiftung, Bern
Fox-Davies A (1978) A Complete Guide to Heraldry, 2nd ed, Bonanza Books, New York
Freidländer MJ & Rosenberg J (1978) The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, The Wellfleet Press, New Jersey
Fuchs, L (2001) The New Herbal 1543, Taschen, Köln
García Serrano R (2015) La Moda Española en el Siglo de Oro, Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes : Fundación de Cultura y Deporte, Toledo
Gardinier J (ed) (2005) Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose, The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth
Geddes E & McNeill M (1976) Blackwork Embroidery, Dover Publications, NY
Geisberg M (1974) The German Single Leaf Woodcut 1500-1550, Hacker Art Books Inc, New York
Goodman R (2015) How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life, Viking Press, NY
Gostelow M (1976) Blackwork, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Goubitz O (2007) Purses in Pieces, Stitchtig Promotie Archeologie, Zvolle
Goubitz O, van Driel-Murray C & Groenman-van Waateringe W (2001) Stepping Through Time: Archaeological Footwear from Prehistoric Times until 1800, Stitchtig Promotie Archeologie, Zvolle
Grew F & de Neergaard M (1988, Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 2 Shoes and Patterns, Museum of London, London
Groves, S (1996) History of Needlework Tools and Accessories, Country Life Ltd, London
Herald J (1981) Renaissance Dress in Italy 1400-1500 (History of Dress: 2), Bell & Hyman, London
Houkjaer U (2005) Tin-Glazed Eathenware 1300-1750: Spain – Italy – France, The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen
Houston M G (1939) Medieval Costume in England and France 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries A&C Black, London
Johnston E (1977) Writing & Illuminating & Lettering, Pittman, London
Köhler C (1963) A History of Costume, Dover Publications, NY
Kremb J (2016), Painted tabletops of the late Middle Ages and Jheronimus Bosch’s (workshop) The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, in Congress proceedings of the 4th International Jherinimus Bosch Conference April 14-16, 2016 Jheronimu Bosch Art Center’s-Hertogenbosch
Krody SB (2000) Flowers of Silk & Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery, Merrell Publishers Ltd, London
Kurth W (ed) (1963) The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer, Dover Publications, NY
Landini RO (2011) Moda a Firenze 1540-1580: Cosimo I de’ Medici’s Style, Mauro Pagliai Editore, Florence
Landini RO & Niccoli B (2005) Moda a Firenze 1540-1580: Lo Stile di Eeonora di Toledo e la Sua Influenzal, Pagliai Polistampa, Florence
Levy, SM (1989) An Elizabeth Inheritance: The Hardwick Hall Textiles, National Trust Enterprises Ltd, London
Levy, SM (2007) The Embroideries at Hardwick Hall: A Catalogue, National Trust Enterprises Ltd, London
Lindskog-Wallenburg G (1977) Bezeichnungen für Frauenkleidungsstücke und Kleiderschmuck im Mittelniederdeutschen: zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kostümkunde: Volume 5 of Göteborger germanistische Dissertationsreihe, University of Michigan
Lister M (1977) Costume: An Illustrated Survey from Ancient Times to the 20th Century, Barrie & Jenkins, London
Livings GA (2017) Aiglets: Medieval, Post Medieval, and Modern, Livingston Jewelers
Livings GA (2018) Some Possible Examples of Extant Aiglets Meant to be Sewn to Garments, Livingston Jewelers
Lynn E (2017) Tudor Fashion, Yale University Press, London
Ma J (2015) Statues and Cities: Honorific Portraits and Civic Identity in the Hellenistic World, Oxford University Press UK
McNealy M (2018) German Modelbücher 1524-1556, Nadel und Farden, Kennewick WA
McSheffrey, S and A Putter (2023), Medieval and Renaissance Clothing and Textiles: The Dutch Hatmakers of Late Medieval and Tudor London, Boydell Press UK
Meiss M & Kirsch EW (1972) The Visconti Hours, George Braziller NY
Monnas L (2012) Renaissance Velvets, V&A Publishing, London
Nagy M (2014) The Modern Maker Vol.1: Men’s Doublets, Self published, CA
Neubecker O (1997) Heraldry Sources, Symbols and Meaning, Macdonald & James, Great Britain
Norris, H (1999) Medieval Costume and Fashion. Originally published 1927. Dover, NY
Nøttveit, OM (2010) The Bryggen Papers Main Series 8: Sheaths and Scabbards from Medieval Bergen, Fagbokforlager, Bergen
Oledzka O (2016) Medieval & Renaissance Interiors in Illuminated Manuscripts, British Museum, London
Richardson, CM (2019) A Companion to the Early Modern Cardinal, Brill, Leiden
Rublack U & Hayward M (eds) (2015) The First Book of Fashion, Bloomsbury Academic, London
Scott M (1986) A Visual History of Costume: The Fourteenth & Fifteenth Centuries, BT Batsford, London
Scully T (2008) The Opera of Bartolemeo Scappi (1570): L’Arte Et Prudenza d’Un Maestro Cuoco, University of Toronto Press, Toronto
Sherman DR (1993) The Compete Anachronist #63: Domestic Lighting, Society for Creative Anachronism, CA
Seiler-Baldinger A (1994) Textiles: A Classification of Techniques, Crawford House Press, Australia
Šimša M (2021) Tailor’s Pattern Books in Central Europe in the 16th – 18th Centuries, National Institute of Folk Culture, Strážnice
Speaight G (1955) The History of the English Puppet Theatre, John de Gtaff, NY
Staniland K (1991) Medieval Craftsmen: Embroiderers, British Museum Press, London
Steel S (ed) (1999) Giotto, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London
Stillman YK (2003) Arab Dress: A Short History from the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times (2nd Ed), Brill, Boston
Sveinsdottir D & Saemundarson B (2020) A Simplified Guide to Historical Tablet Weaving, Blurb, San Francisco
Synge L (1982) Antique Needlework, Blandford Press, Dorset
The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed (1987), Oxford University Press
Theophilus (1979) On Divers Arts: The Foremost Medieval Treatise on Painting, Glassmaking and Metalwork (Hawthorne JG & Smith CS trans), Dover Publications, NY
Thornton P (1991) The Italian Renaissance Interior 1400-1600, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
Timby JR (1996) The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Ephingham II, Rutland (Oxbow Monograph 70), Oxbow UK
van Buren AH & Wieck RS (2011) Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands 1325-1515, The Morgan Library, NY
Volken M & Goubitz O (2020) Covering the Blade, Stitchtig Promotie Archeologie, Zvolle
Whitehead, R (2003) Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing, UK
Willemsen, A & Ernst M (2012) Hundreds of… Medieval Chic in Metal: Decorative mounts on belts and purses from the Low Countries 1300-1600, SPA-Uiygevers, Zwolle
Ward, M (2016) The Livery Collar in Late Medieval England and Wales: Politics, Identity and Affinity, Boydell Press, UK
Ward-Perkins JB (1940) The London Medieval Catalogue 1940 (2nd Ed 1993), Anglia Publishing, Suffolk
Zander-Seidel J (1990) Textiler Hausrat: Kleidung und Haustextilien in Nuremberg von 1500-1650, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich
Online sources
So many museums and galleries are digitising their collections and making them available online – such a treasure trove of resources! I have also referenced articles from personal websites.
Sources are cited in each article or project and linked back to the specific website article or item in the online collection, using permalinks where available.