photo of Grayhill Farm, reconstructed early 17th century farm

Clothing and Textiles

1580–1660

Title No. of pages Price
Clothes of the Common Woman 1580-1660. Robert Morris. Uses illustrations, wills, inventories and other sources to establish who was wearing what clothes, cuts, fabrics and colours. 68p £7
Clothes of the Common Man 1580-1660. Robert Morris. Uses illustrations, wills, inventories and other sources to establish who was wearing what clothes, cuts, fabrics and colours. 68p £7
Clothes of the Common Woman part 2: Making the Garments Jane Hugget. Takes the information in part 1 and produces a reasoned interpretation of how to reproduce the garments worn. Includes patterns. 64p £6
Clothes of the Common Man part 2: Making the Garments. Jane Hugget. Takes the information in part 1 and produces a reasoned interpretation of how to reproduce the garments worn. Includes patterns. 56p £6
Children’s Clothing 1580-1660 Jane Huggett. Includes patterns 31p £4
Textiles and Materials of the Common Man and Woman 1580-1660 Provides detailed information on the fabrics used by common people identified in the works above. 76p £7
Dyeing the Clothing of the Common folk 1580-1660 Peachey and Hopkins. Analyses what dyed colours were used for what garments by which common people and gives instructions on the methods used to produce those colours 36p £4
Headwear, Footwear and Trimmings of the Common People 1580-1660 Robert Morris. Examines the accessories such as points, buttons, lace, hooks and eyes, purses etc plus non linen headwear and footwear and stockings of common people. 44p £5
Monmouths and Monteroes. A confusion of caps. Robert Morris. Was the Monmouth cap a synonym for the Monteroe as claimed by one period source? 16p£2.50
Common Soldiers Clothing of the Civil Wars 1639-1646: Volume 1: Infantry. Stuart Peachey and Alan Turton. The clothing supplied to the armies and the civilian clothing worn where clothing was not issued. Includes patterns and fabric and colour details. 56p £6
The Tale of a Soldiers Coat: Hopkins. Account of the reconstruction of a Royalist Oxford army coat of 1643 24p £3
The Art of the Dyer 1500-1700: Draws on a wide variety of European sources to explain the techniques for producing coloured cloth. David Hopkins. 60p £6
Needlework: A facsimile of a period needlework pattern book. Bootleg Press 20p. £3
Costume Acquisition guide 2005. The Costume Buyer and Makers Supply Guide 1480-1660: A guide to sources for accurate materials and accessories or finished garments conforming to those mentioned in the above and below works. It is intended to update the guide annually. 12p£2.50

Historical Management Associates Ltd. makes a range of historically-correct fabrics such as frieze, kersey, russet, cotton and say.