At 19:42 29/04/2008, you wrote: >Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: > > I know very little about it either, that's why I'm asking here. > Amazon.uk has some copies: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_/202-2517721-5491063?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=clothes+of+the+common&x=0&y=0 > >I'd never heard of them myself, but they do appear to have some volumes in my >own periods of interest, so I'd be curious. > >They appear to be printed by a living history organization. Here's >the website: > >http://www.stuart-hmaltd.com/index.php > >The "About Us" section is very instructive. I bet these people and >their books >would be well known among the UK re-enactors and so it might be worth asking >about this at the UK living history web forum, >http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/ > >For the books, look under "publications" on the Stuart site and follow the >"Clothing" links by date range. The one name I recognize under the authors is >Sarah Thursfield, who is also a living history costumer and of course has her >own book on making medieval clothing. Most of the books, however, seem to be >written by Robert Morris and Jane Hugget (or Huggett, they are >inconsistent in >spelling her name). > >The prices here vary slightly from Amazon so it would be worth careful >comparisons and consideration of shipping if you're going to buy. At least >they give a line of description for each and a page count (some are obviously >pamphlets). > >Of interest is the note at the bottom: "Historical Management Associates Ltd. >makes a range of historically-correct fabrics such as frieze, kersey, russet, >cotton and say."
The fabrics are dyed with dyes that would have been available at the time, and hand woven. They are highly recommended by U.K. re-enactors. The group as a whole has an excellent reputation. (I do not use the books myself, as I am a snob, and only work with "gentry" and not the common people *snigger*) Suzi _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
