Re: Cotton padding

[Christian Folini]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 06:40:09PM -0400, Gascoing-at-aol.com wrote:
> This status excerpt dates back from 1380, but the whole statuses  were 
> renewed during the 15th c. It imposes the use of raw cotton or better,  silk, as a 
> padding for 'gippons pourpointés' (e.g. +/- civilian pourpoints).  It's just an 
> example (not the more explicit, but the one close at hand...) among  the 
> many, many French statuses imposing the use of raw cotton or raw silk for  
> paddings of pourpoints, armour linings, etc (example: Troyes tailors' statuses -  
> 1400, ...).

Hey Loïc,

For Germany and Alsace, there is a book bringing a first roundup of all
the clothing rules up to 1700:
Liselotte C. Eisenbart, Kleiderordnungen der deutschen Städte zwischen 
1350 und 1700. Göttingen 1962

Since 1962 dozens of more rules were found. Is there something similar
for France and Burgundy?

Unfortunately there is hardly anything published of these rules. Some in
excerpts, some are cited etc. But Eisenbart is the key book on the
topic.

Ahoy,

Christian

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