From the Archive – Essay: Indigo Blue Clothes – A European Perspective on East India Voyages: 1740s to 1770s. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/in...

What Did Brides Wear in the Middle Ages? A Guide to Medieval Wedding Dresses - Medievalists.net Discover what brides really wore in the Middle Ages—from colourful gowns and luxurious fabrics to silver belts and floral accessories—in this guide to medieval wedding dresses.

What Did Brides Wear in the Middle Ages? A Guide to Medieval Wedding Dresses www.medievalists.net/2025/04/brid... #brides

The picture shows a pair of Egyptian sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves, the sole with bound edges and pointed toe. One sandal is completely preserved with ankle strap and toe strap.

#Egyptian flip flops: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1500-1400BC

On display at Museum of the University of Tübingen

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NEW ESSAY: Textile Art and Handicraft – Historical Reflections of Beautiful Clothes and Household Objects. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/te...

When Thomas Ellwood repeatedly flouted his father’s command in 1659 to stay away from the Quakers, his behaviour provoked bitter family quarrels and a beating, until his father eventually found a surprising solution: he confiscated all his son’s hats. Thomas became in effect a prisoner in the house, accepting that it would be unthinkable to go outside without a hat. However strange to us today, this made perfect sense to contemporaries, and such episodes remind us that the multifaceted conventions surrounding dress played an important role in early modern culture. When, where, and how hats were worn, and the gestures in which they featured, conveyed signals about identity and status, could sustain, display, or defy social hierarchies and relationships, and asserted political or religious loyalties.

📣Out now on #firstview

Bernard Capp @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social on 'The Cultural, Social, and Ideological Role of the Hat in Early Modern England'

#Hat #Identity #Social #Clothing #Religion #Family #History 17thc 🎩👒🗃️

👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Linnaeus Apostles travel journals, etc., are fully published in ”The Linnaeus Apostles Global Science & Adventure”, 6000 pages of unique insights into Natural & Cultural History from bygone landscapes.

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#linnaeus #science #nature #18thcentury #naturalists

From the Archive: Ribbons, Bands and Cords – Observations by 18th Century Naturalists and Artists (3000 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ri...

Book cover - the image portion at the top features a number of ships on water.

Now published in Maritime Humanities -

Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850
Edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller
www.routledge.com/Material-Cul...

Available in OA format, www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi....

@globalmarhist.bsky.social

A mid‑18th‑century men’s waistcoat displayed on a headless mannequin. The waistcoat is made from a pale cream silk with elaborate hand‑painted and embroidered decoration. The front panels feature vertical bands of large scrolling pink and green motifs, interspersed with small painted blue and yellow flowers resembling violets. The waistcoat has a long, flared skirt with curved pocket flaps decorated to match the floral design. A close‑up image on the right shows the detailed surface: textured thread‑covered buttons, fine painted blossoms, and the intricate scrollwork pattern on the silk. The caption identifies the garment as a men’s hand‑painted waistcoat from around 1765–1770 in The Olive Matthews Collection, Chertsey Museum, photographed by John Chase Photography.

#FridayFrocks - This Man's waistcoat, c.1765–70 is particularly suitable for our #SpringFlowers theme. The fronts are decorated with ribbons and violets, and they have been hand painted rather than embroidered.

From the Archive: Natural History and Curiosities – A Case Study of Global Traditions, Textiles and Museums in the 18th Century (1700 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/na...

A great Easter break visit to Château d'Angers to see the incredible Apocalypse Tapestries depicting the events of the Book of Revelation! Originally commissioned by Louis I, Duke of Anjou, the tapestries were woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382! 😇😈🧵

A photograph of a blue 1840s ensemble consisting of a long skirt pleated at the waist worn with a short sleeved evening bodice. An alternative long sleeved bodice is shown in front with a magnifying glass to focus on some of the details

Ooh look at this new exhibition @rijksmuseum.bsky.social called Worn showcasing garments from the collection along with a more forensic way of looking at them, understanding some of the clues as to their past lives. Here an #1840s ensemble under the magnifier #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

NEW ESSAY: Historical Reproductions – A Weaving Tradition: “Gåsögon” or Lozenge Twill. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/hi...

A shelfie a day ….

#booksky

Explore cutting-edge research on #Spitsbergen #Arctic #EarthScience #Fieldwork #Expeditions and much more… > www.ikfoundation.org/books-and-ar...

A pastel portrait of an older woman dressed in a black gown with a white cap on her head. She was Queen Victoria’s dresser

A watercolour painting of a furnished room with blue walls and oak furniture including wardrobe and dressing table which was Queen Victoria’s dressing room at Balmoral

A photograph of the cover of my book Dressing the Queen which is published on April 2!

Publication week! Excited to share stories of often shadowy figures connected to the royal wardrobe in Dressing the Queen, women like Marianne Skerrett, long time dresser to Queen Victoria by Rosa Koberwein in 1880, with an image of her domain, the dressing room at Balmoral #RCT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

From the Archive: The Great Exhibition in 1851 – Textile Influence on a Coastal Town (800 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/th...

Full length view of a beige silk bustle style dress printed with purple hydrangea branches and with a central panel of draped yellow silk

A photograph of the cover of Elizabeth Block’s book Gilded Age Fashion that features embellished details of a gold beaded silk dress

A photograph of one of the page spreads from Elizabeth Block’s book with text and a photograph of an 1890s gold evening dress

Take a look at this beautiful volume that landed in my lap this week. Elizabeth Block’s Gilded Age Fashion explores a whole host of surviving gowns from that distinct era including this mid #1880s hydrangea embellished Worth gown, fresh and springlike @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Arent Van Bolten, 1637.

Woman & child. I’ve tweeted pictures of pattens/chopines before but here’s an image of someone actually wearing them.

(British Museum)

The Atlas of World Embroidery by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood is a richly illustrated history of #embroidery & #needlework, showcasing the glorious range of styles, motifs, & materials used around the world. 🪡

Out now!

Take a look inside this beautiful book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

From the Archive: Textile Goods at Bazaars & Markets – Reflections by 18th Century Travelling Naturalists (2000 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/te...

I love images which bring you right inside an everyday moment in the 17th century. Here is one.

Lambert Doomer, 1622/1623-1700

The Fortress of Tal Ehrenbreitstein from the Mineral Well at Koblenz (The Morgan)

Welcome to the genuine Linnaeus world. Explore more in the Linnean Room > www.ikfoundation.org/books-and-ar...

#linnaeus #nature #science #geography #economic #fauna #flora #discovery

The front of a blue and white striped crinoline dress with a short bodice that buttons centre front, a pointed peplum fastening around the waist and blue silk taffeta trim

Side view of the late 1860s blue and white striped crinoline dress that offers a perspective of the pointed edges to the peplum that drapes over the upper portion of the broad skirt

Back view of the late 1860s blue and white striped crinoline dress with the peplum that sits at a point centre back

Fresh and bright and breezy, some pale blue and white striped cotton organdie from the late #1860s crying out for a blue sky, a parasol and a picnic #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

iTEXTILIS publishes new research and an essay today on ”Silk Samples from 1831”.

NEW ESSAY: Silk Samples in 1831 – Import Regulations, Smuggling and Dutiable Goods in Sweden. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/si...

From the Archive: Historical Reproductions – Bobbin Laces from Southernmost Sweden (1300 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/hi...

Shimachō (縞帳), 1893

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Shimachō are sample books used as design references for weaving striped textiles.

They were carefully preserved because they served as valuable resources for weavers.

Detail from plate. Full description on next image.

Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 10 juin 1788, 3e Année, 21e cahier. Planche II. The coat worn by the young man depicted in this plate is of taffeta with distinct medium-width crimson and white (vertical) stripes. Beneath this coat, the young man wears a white ribbed basin waistcoat, forming stripes, known as ‘English basin’, trimmed with white piping; A pair of sky blue breeches, with a drawstring waist, buttonholes and garters embroidered in white thread. The garters taper at the ends; Silk stockings with broad blue and white (vertical) stripes blending into one another. On his shoes he wears long rectangular buckles. The frill and cuffs of his shirt are of plain batiste, hemmed with medium-width hems. Around his collar, a very wide muslin cravat, the ends of which first form a large bow at the front and then fall very low over the frill. His hair is curled into two ringlets, one above the other, very thick and very long, forming pigeon’s wings on either side, and into a Greek-style donkey’s back, split at the back in a horseshoe shape. His hair is tied low into a long, thin queue. On his head, a hat à l’Androsmane. In his right hand, a medium-sized bamboo cane, topped with a small golden knob. Rijksmuseum object number RP-P-2009-1669A Description from BnF Gallica: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1527903f/f3.item.zoom#

Young man wearing a crimson and white striped coat, sky blue breeches, blue and white striped stockings. On his head a hat à l'Androsmane. Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 10 juin 1788. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc

A small bag [10.5 × 10.9 cm] made in #England between 1601 and 1625: silk, satin, linen and damask (Art Institute Chicago)