At 04:22 20/09/2005, you wrote:
Hi, Marc. I believe the Guildhall Museum collection was incorporated
into that of the City Museum (Museum of London). If that is the
case, the leather jerkin that they currently have on display might
be part of the same finds or possibly incorporated from the pieces
you show. I would send a note to the Curator or Collections Manager
(I can't remember her name, but she is very helpful with such
things) to find out. Perhaps after they acquired a complete jerkin
they took the pieces off exhibit. Of course, the pics come from
1908, so they might have been lost in the Blitz. I think the old
Guildhall Museum was only a few blocks from the river and the docks.
Sorry I don't know more. Mike T.
. Has anyone ever published anything on these? I can't find
anything in the stuff I have available, but I don't have any
indexes to most of the costuming journals.
The leather jerkin that is usually on display is currently in store
as there is a new medieval gallery (400AD - 1558AD) opening in late
October or early November. I do not believe that this leather jerkin
has been put together from fragments, but was a whole jerkin,
although the fabric is similar. It seems too complete to have been so
assembled.
The lady who I have been talking with is Meriel Jeater - who is the
Deputy Curator, Department of Early London History and Collections. I
should war you they are *very* busy right now!
Suzi
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