> We discussed drawstrings on shifts/chemises a few years ago, and the > consensus was that before the 18th century they all had sewn gathers round > the neck and wrists. > > I recently heard a talk by Stuart Peachey, the British expert on the 17th > century, and asked him a question about this. He confirmed the above > statement. -- There was a drawstring shift found in Scandinavia from either the 14th or 15th century. It was from an archelogical dig there. I don't have all my books with me right now, but I ran off a copy. I think it might have been on the Historical Costume List.. I should have bookmarked it.
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