> >>Is it laced at the back? > Hi Bjarne, > I haven't yet seen a doublet that laces up the back, doesn't mean they > didn't exist, just that I haven't seen any. My thought is that the fastening > is up centrefront, but hidden, possibly hook and eyes.
There is a jerkin in the Met Museum that laces in the back. I don't know if there is a photo of the back of it, but you can clearly see that it does in the pattern (first ed. Blanche Payne's History of Costume.) I have not seen it mentioned whether it is for a man or woman, it fit me with but a few tweaks, but I don't know if that proves anything;) http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/expl/hob_26.196.htm michaela de bruce http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 30/12/2005 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
