Costume Research/Documentation

17th Century Lace/Baroque costume

General costume research

http://www.kipar.org/

http://www.lavoltapress.com/

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/textileres.html

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/costumhc.html#elizabeth

http://www.thistlehillweavers.com/

Sandy Swank President of the GDVCG is not only an avid costumer by hobby but also a member of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)  where he has an early 17th century persona as well as a historical renactor at his everyday job at a local Philadelphia,PA museum where you'll often find him in the persona of either an 18th century German farmer or as the Grandson of Pennsylvania founder William Penn. On this page you will find many references used as a research base for coustmes that Sandy enjoys creatining along with his many other just generally humorous stuff.

 

16th Century Womens:

http://floridafrontier.com/16th%20Century%20folder/16%20Century%20Pages%20folder/16th%20Century%20Page%204%20.html

16th Century Mens:

http://floridafrontier.com/16th%20Century%20folder/16%20Century%20Pages%20folder/16th%20Century%20Page%205%

16th Century Mens and Womens:

http://www.lepg.org/clothing.htm

 

http://www21.brinkster.com/annascrafts/sew.htm

Needlelace:

20.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/needlelace/needlelace.html

 

18th Century Mens/Womens:

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm