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| This is a skirted doublet made in black wool, and lined in a red-ish linen, made for a private client. There are button-down pockets in the skirt, and a self-fabric frill at the neckline and cuffs. All of the buttons used are hand cast pewter. (NB - in the picture above, it looks as though some buttons are missing - they're not, of course, I just missed those ones when I was fastening the doublet onto the stand!). The doublet is based on a pattern to be found in 'Patterns of Fashion' by the great Janet Arnold, taken from the surviving doublet of Nils Sture in Upsala. The original is a leather travelling doublet, and fairly gruesomely, was worn by Nils Sture when he, his brother and their father were murdered in the Cathedral in 1567. |
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