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
1640: Anduxar, Geometria Y Trazas Pertenecientes Al Oficio De Sastres
1641- Kisszeben
1671: le Tailleur Sincere
1682: Bruck, Schnittmusterbuch
A Survey of Women’s Clothing of the North Rhine
This survey of clothing terms for women’s dress of the North Rhine started as a small project that grew as documents and sources have been distributed digitally or as copies of hard to find books became available.
Protected: Anne of Cleves- State Papers
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Anne of Cleves: the Bruyn portraits
Collection Rosenbach Artist 2 Bruyn, Barthel the Elder (workshop) Title Anne of Cleves https://rosenbach.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/BA3BC889-8AC1-4FC4-B47A-592924539315
a) Adusted and corrected from the Rosenbach online collections, b) 1539 Anna von Kleve-Julich-Berg from Mary Saaler’s Anne of Cleves.
This stunningly beautiful portrait of Anne has been variously attributed to Hans Wertinger or considered to be a copy of the painting at St Johns, Oxford. For much of the 20th century it was lost and only known by the black and white photograph.
English Wedding Contract
The full transcripts of the Marriage Contract between Henry VII and Anne of Cleves is quite revealing. I have separated the parts for easier reading.
Eyn Neue Kunstlichbuch
A New
Precious Book of the Art of
Cutting Clothing *
A novel and practical method of measures and markings
Dealing with all that concern the tailor in order to cut clothes of many types
for all the garments required of the profession; and many secret and curious
facts illuminating the art of the tailor.
Jeweler’s inventory
15). Jahrhd. 2. Hälfte (1). Verzeichnis von Kleinodien (vielleicht Inventar eines Goldschmiedes oder Juweliers(2)).
Marie Leanore
Marie Leonore married the Duke of Prussia in 1573 and the inventory of her clothing, and fabric to make clothing in her new country of residence, has been preserved. The following is a transcription of these items.
Spotlight: Nuremberg
Summary of NRW Clothing Terms
A summary of the terms used in my Complete Survey of Women’s Dress of the North Rhine
trades in Cologne
We are fortunate to have two reliable resources that illustrate the wide range of trades involved in the production of material goods in Cologne.