[h-cost] Re: Colored shirts in the 16th century?

[Hilary Davidson]

There are two extant sections of probably a child's excavated shirt  
in the Museum of London, made of black/very dark blue fabric,  
cartridge pleated at the wrist and held with decorative smocking  
stitches in white, now cream, thread. They're loosely dated 16th  
century but were found in sites that yielded the range of c. 1500-60  
flat knitted caps, so are probably earlier than the later 16th c.

On 18 Jan 2008, at 7.02 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone ever come across a reference to a colored
shirt, perhaps black or blue in color, in any
contemporary reference of the later 16th century in
England or nearby? While I am skeptical, any
information would be greatly appreciated.







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