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| The trunk-hosen are slightly later in date, being from around 1600. They are based on a pair forming part of a suit that was on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Each leg has around 11 linear metres of fabric (half width) in each leg. The waistband has eyelets set into it, which correspond to those in the waistband of the doublet. The trunk-hosen are set into canions at the lower leg. Both the doublet and trunk-hosen are entirely hand finished. |
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| A suit in russet woollen fabric (by Abimelech Hainsworth) The patterns for the doublet and the hosen are both taken from 'Patterns of Fashion' by Janet Arnold. The doublet on which this one is based is dated to c. 1560, and, at the time the book was written, was in the collection of Lord Astor, at Hever Castle in Kent, and was later sold to the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. Obviously, as anybody who's looked at any of the 'Patterns of Fashion' books, Janet Arnold goes into a wealth of detail about all of the garments written about in the books. The original has light padding of cotton wool (meaning raw cotton, rather than modern cotton wool), held in place by the lines of stitching. I have replicated this by using several layers of cotton batting as an interlining, and have hand quilted it into place. The front of the doublet is cut with a very slight peascod shape, and the waistband at the bottom of the doublet is worked with around 42 eyelet holes. The front of the doublet is fastened with pewter buttons, as is the slit cuff. At the neckline and the cuff is a self-fabric pickadill, decoratively slit. |
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