To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Frobisher Garb
On Wednesday 14 April 2010 4:55:21 pm Kimiko Small wrote:
> Do you mean this one?
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Frobisher_by_Ketel.jpg
> I wish it was a larger file to see the details better.
>
> It looks li
It looks like the jerkin and possibly his breeches are in leather. But his
> sleeves have a fabric look to them, and may be attached to a doublet of
> the same fabric. The sleeves look to be extra long and pushed into doing
> those gathers - I can't tell with an image this size. The sleeves a
On Wednesday 14 April 2010 4:55:21 pm Kimiko Small wrote:
> Do you mean this one?
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Frobisher_by_Ketel.jpg
> I wish it was a larger file to see the details better.
>
> It looks like the jerkin and possibly his breeches are in leather. But his
> sleeve
Do you mean this one?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Frobisher_by_Ketel.jpg
I wish it was a larger file to see the details better.
It looks like the jerkin and possibly his breeches are in leather. But his
sleeves have a fabric look to them, and may be attached to a doublet of the
-- On Wed, 4/14/10, Maggie wrote:
> From: Maggie
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Frobisher Garb
> To: "Historical Costume"
> Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 3:43 PM
> The sleeves certainly have wrist
> openings, but both hands are painted wrist
> down, so you can't s
The sleeves certainly have wrist openings, but both hands are painted wrist
down, so you can't see them. They're there, I an assure you, on the inside
of the wrist. At the top, they're lightly gathered into the armhole of the
doublet underneath the leather jerkin.
There's a pretty good image here
I am, once again, making a Frobisher suit for Ansel to wear at Bristol. This
time I want to approximate the outfit Sir Martin is wearing in the only full
length portrait of him that I have seen. I need some input though on the jerkin
he is wearing. I think that it looks to be made of leather, bu