~ how to use these guides
I have collected as many examples of extant tailoring and dressmaking books as I can to create a virtual timeline very easily accessed by the public.
1520 Albrecht Durer’s Tagebuch
1520s- Mary of Hungary
The gown has been dated to the 1520s based on the fabric weave, the style, and probable connection to Mary of Hungary and Louis II. This connection is not yet substantiated by physical, written, or visual evidence outside the aforementioned style and the potential for the garments to have been presented as gifts to the Mariazell shrine by the royal couple while on a pilgrimage around the time of their wedding.
1540s (?): Schuste, Meisterstückbuch
1540s- Il Libro del Sarto
1545- 1568: Nidermayr, Meisterstückbüch
1567-Breslau Polish cutting guide
1580: Juan de Alcega Libro de geometria, practica y traça
1588: Freyle, Geometria y traça para el oficio de los sastres
1589: Alcega, Libro de geometria, pratica y traça [Texto impreso]
1590 (?): Leonfeldner Schnittbuch
1590 (?): Schneidermusterbuch (Enns)
1617: Segovia, El libro Llibre de Geometría del ofici de sastres
1618: Rocha Burguen, Geometria y traça perteneciente al oficio de sastres
1628 (?): Tailors book of Poznań
Renowacja powtórna sztuk krawieckich, 1747 r. – Archiwum Państwowe, Poznań, 1954 r.
1640: Anduxar, Geometria Y Trazas Pertenecientes Al Oficio De Sastres
1641- Kisszeben
