resources about the original garment? The arabian one?
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From: michaela
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Schaube
I need a little help: I'm looking for pictures and patterns for this
kind of dress: http
I need a little help: I'm looking for pictures and patterns for this kind of
dress: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Schaube.PNG
it is called Schaube in German, originally from arabian aljubbeh or something like that. Somewhere I found that it is also called robe, which is probably not very
Koehlers A History of Costume have a pattern cut of a Schaube for a man.
Bjarne
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From: Zuzana Kraemerova [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:01 AM
Subject: [h-cost] Schaube
Hi all,
I need a little help:
I need a little help: I'm looking for pictures and patterns for this
kind of dress: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Schaube.PNG
it is called Schaube in German, originally from arabian aljubbeh or
something like that. Somewhere I found that it is also called robe, which
is probably not very
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Schaube
I need a little help: I'm looking for pictures and patterns for this
kind of dress: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Schaube.PNG
it is called Schaube in German, originally from arabian aljubbeh
Just my 2 cents
It seems to me that the term schaube has the same problem as the term coat
or jacket in modern terms. We call all jackets the same thing but it does
not indicate what style they are (long, short, leather, wool, nylon, etc.)
So perhaps a schaube to them was just a term for
If you want one like the Henry VIII robe, there's a pattern in the Tudor
Tailor book.
Here are some dress diaries for women's schaubes:
http://www.curiousfrau.com/Diaries/Schaube.htm
http://myra.hem.nu/costume/DressDairies/Schaube/Schaube_Dairy.htm
Schaube is the German word for what the English called a gown, according to
Cunnington's book (Handbook of English Costume in the 16th Century). Another
term used in England for what is probably the Henry VIII style gown is
shamew, chammer, or chymer. However, the descriptions for both appear
The overrobe part is called a gown, among other terms (see my other post on
that). The part with the skirt at later times was called a jerkin, but early on
in the 16th c. was termed a jacquette or jacket. The jacket would have the U
shaped opening, or sometimes V shaped, or closed down the
