Kyrtles/Cotes/Tunics

Most Holy Virgin's Dress

After Flury -Lembergh

The linen dress was originally from the 11th-12th century, however it was substantially reworked in the 16th century, and so what is original and what is not is not really clear .  It was lined with silk and has pleating around linen cording.

This page was last modified 30 March 2004.

Some Sources:

• Flury-Lemberg, Mechthild. Textile conservation and research : a documentation of the textile department on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Abegg Foundation. Bern : Abegg-Stiftung Bern, 1988.

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Some Clothing of the Middle Ages -- Kyrtles/Cotes/Tunics -- Most Holy Virgin's Dress, by I. Marc Carlson, Copyright 2002. This code is given for the free exchange of information, provided the Author's Name is included in all future revisions, and no money change hands-