On Jul 30, 2008, at 2:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not aware of any real research into hosen and linings from
earlier than
the 16th century.
I'm not aware of any extant hosen (other than the buskins in
Canturbury
Cathedral, obviusly, but they're 12th century (offhand)).
<snip>
All this is assuming that you mean joined hose of course.
In terms of joined hose, I've only cataloged one pair earlier than
the 16th century -- I don't have my full notes in front of me at the
moment, but they're in one of the German museum photo collections and
are listed as 15th c. While the two legs are joined at the
waistband, they aren't joined across the seat. The photo doesn't
appear to show a lining, but I don't know what the preservation
conditions were -- a linen lining might be lost under many conditions
where the main fabric was preserved.
On the larger question of extant hose -- if we include anything from
buskins on up -- I have a couple dozen items in my current catalog
from the general 8-15th century period. About half of them are
ecclesiastical in origin, but during that period they seem to be
roughly similar in cut to the secular garments.
Heather
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