The Curious Frau

1. Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600

Tags: [Italy, 16th c, markets, shopping]  ...

2. A Schlappe in the Military or Landsknecht style

Spring 2007 Background The Schlappe is a type of Barett from the southern Germanic lands in the time of 16th century. The name of the cap, Schlappe, is derived from the Middle High German word "slappe" ...

3. A German Horse Barding circa 1537

... arts and sciences event. One of the competitions was for horse barding. That's all the direction we had to go on. I decided to stick with what I know, 16th century German. Before I chose a design to ...

4. Lace & Embroidery Modelbuch

... that could be used for net darning.     A 1872 facsimile of several 16th c pattern books Patrons de broderie et de lingerie du XVIe siècle By Hippolyte Cocheris, Bibliothèque Mazarine If you're ...

5. Guide to Bildarchiv der Kunst und Architektur

... Anton Ulrich-Museum / Kunstgewerbe / Buchmalerei / Das Schwarzsche Trachtenbuch I + II 16th century needlelace Orte / B / Braunschweig / Sammlungen / Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum / Kunstgewerbe / Textil ...

6. The Schlappe: Burgher and Landsknecht styles

The Schlappe is a type of Barett from the southern Germanic lands in the time of the 16th century. The name of the cap, Schlappe, is derived from the Middle High German word "slappe" and means a "bag shaped ...

7. Shoes in 16th century Germany

Footwear is just one of those necessary items that everyone needs. Here is a small collection on on shoes and shomakers from 16th century Germany, including several extant examples and Durer's instructions ...

8. Bags and Purses in 16th century Germany

Tasche or Beutel are the German words for bag or purse, and when looking at artwork from 16th c Germany there are lots of purses to be seen on men, women and children. Small ones, big ones, hanging low ...

9. Jewelry and other Pretty Shiny Things

... end of the 16th century Small picture Large picture Detail of the clasp Small picture Large picture Woman's Belt, around 1600 Small picture Large picture Caption reads: Woman's ...

10. Online Art Research

... and 16th centuries, which is the time period that I am interested in. This gives you a listing of the artists in the collection who were active during that time British Museum Compass Home Page Corsair ...

11. Deciphering Juan de Alcega's Tailor's Pattern book of 1589

Introduction Juan de Alcega was a Master Tailor in Spain in the late 16th century. In 1589, after much struggle, his book of "The Practice of Tailoring, Measuring and Marking Out" was finally published ...

12. Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600

... area of study is 16th century Italy, then this is a great book for you! If you are looking for information on trade between Italy and Germany, you will get tantalizing hints of fantastic stuff but nothing ...

13. A Bitter Living: Women, Markets, and Social Capital in Early Modern Germany

... of 1646-1800, and has some very good empirical data from court cases describing women’s tasks, wages and so forth. A great book, but not for 16th century research. Buy/ILL? ILL it if you are interested ...

14. Timeline of Events and Fashions in the Germanic Lands 15th and 16th centuries

I have tried to present a timeline of historical events and fashions from the same period. Some of these are standalone pictures while others are links to more in depth resources. For more art resources, ...

15. Introduction to 16th century German Costuming

... but others such as the extant set of bases (waffenrock) are not. The newly re-printed version doesn’t include the pattern drafts. Three Essentials for 16th century clothing construction Patterns ...

16. Building a research library on the topic of 16th century Germany

... library around the topic of 16th century Germany that was specifically geared towards recreating clothing. Here are my recommendations for a general "Get you started" library. Of course there are additional ...