At 21:03 30/01/2007, you wrote:
Its a little late, but
Late Georgian Costume:
The tailors Friendly Instructor (1822) By J Wyatt
and
The Art of Tying the Cravat (1828)
By H Le Blanc
is available from Lacis if you're interested. I make my linen cravats
55" long and 10" wide.
Wrong period - not even Regency by the time these books were
published. I have them too - not really suitable for early 18th century at all.
Suzi
I'm trying to figure out the dimensions for a late 17th or early
18th century man's cravat. I've got plenty of sources that say
they tied around the neck in various ways, but not much else. Does
anyone know how wide and how long the cloth is? Would it be wide
enough to fold one or more times, or would it be worn as a single
thickness? Did they wrap from the back and tie in front like a
scarf, or were they wrapped across the throat in front, around the
back, and then tied in front?
Does anyone know of any photos of extant cravats other than the
one in _Cut of Men's Clothes_? (And I think that one is just the
lace ends, anyway, it looks far too short to tie around anything,
but there's no indication of size or scale, so who can tell.)
It has been a long time since I read it, but its:
Collars, Stocks, and Cravat
by Doriece Colle
Rodale Press, Inc. 1972
72840 005 7
Your humble and obedient servant,
David S Mallinak
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