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| As said in the title, this is a cloak and doublet of the mid 17th century. Both of these garments are made in a child's size. They are both made in mustard yellow woollen fabric. The doublet is lined in linen, and the cloak in a finer wool in a brighter yellow. The doublet fastens by means of hand made leather buttons, at the front, cuffs, side slits, and centre back slit (the latter not shown in the pictures, obviously). The collared cloak fastens with more of the same leather buttons, and button loops. The design of the doublet is taken from a painting of 'Mrs Hester Tradescant and her stepson John'. The painting is dated to 1645, and attributed to Thomas de Critz (or Decritz). It is now owned by the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University. Hester Tradescant was the second wife of the famous botanist John Tradescant (the younger). The doublet is worn in the painting by the stepson, John. The cloak is based (somewhat loosely) on one which appears in 'The Cut of Men's Clothes' by Norah Waugh. Both garments were finished by hand. |
