Because sometimes research is more fun than sewing

[mmcnealy]

I should be working on Henry's clothes, but decided to do some research instead.

From RealOnline

Catalog: Bildthema
Keyword: kna*
Timeline: 700-1650

Knabe
Dieses Bild: 010401
Kunstwerk: Buchmalerei ; Illustrationszyklus Kantionale ; Meister Matthäus ; Kuttenberg
Dokumentation: 1490 ; 1490 ; Wien ; Österreich ; Wien ; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek,Musiksammlung ; Mus. Hs. 15501 ; fol. 34v
Anmerkungen: Kuttenberg ; Kuttenberger Kantionale

Person: Mann, Kind ; Zeigegestus
      Teil: Haartracht ; kurz
   Kleidungsstück: Kittel ; gegürtet
   Kleidungsstück: barfuß
** Boy in tunic **
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7010651.JPG


Mädchen reitet auf Esel;Knabe mit Becher und Trinkflasche
Dieses Bild: 004204
Kunstwerk: Freskomalerei ; Wandmalerei profan ; Zyklus ; Springinklee Ulrich ; Brixen
Dokumentation: 1526 ; 1526 ; Bruneck ; Italien ; Südtirol ; Stadtgasse 43
Anmerkungen: 65x65 ; Bruneck
Person:  Mann, Kind ; darreichend
   Attribute: Flasche ; grau ; rund
                  Bezugsobjekt: Schnur
   Attribute: Becher ; grau ; zylindrisch
   Kleidungsstück: Kopfbedeckung
   Kleidungsstück: Wams ; blau ; geschlitzt
   Kleidungsstück: Kniehose ; blau ; geschlitzt
   Kleidungsstück: Kniestrumpf ; grün
   Kleidungsstück: Schuh ; schwarz
      Teil: Schnalle , Spange
 ** Boy in blue slashed wams and green hose. Maiden in dress with different colored sleeves from skirt **
 http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7005795.JPG
 
 
 Knabe raufend
 Dieses Bild: 010552
  Kunstwerk: Buchmalerei ; Illustrationszyklus Kantionale ; Randillustration ; Meister Matthäus ; Böhmen
 Dokumentation: 1490 ; 1490 ; Wien ; Österreich ; Wien ; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek,Musiksammlung ; Mus. Hs. 15501 ; fol. 195r
 Anmerkungen: Kuttenberg ; Kuttenberger Kantionale
 
 
 Handlung(en): kämpfen, schlagen, Haare reißen,
  Person: Mann, Kind ; sitzend , haarereißend
       Teil: Haartracht ; gewellt
    Kleidungsstück: Kittel
   Kleidungsstück: Schuh
   ** Boys in tunics fighting **
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   Knabe verrichtet Notdurft
   Dieses Bild: 003875
     Kunstwerk: Buchmalerei ; Illustrationszyklus Graduale ; Initiale N ; Niederösterreich
   Dokumentation: 1470 ; 1500 ; Geras ; Österreich ; Niederösterreich ; Stiftsbibliothek ; fol. 153r
Anmerkungen: Geras ; Graduale

Person:  Mann, Kind ; hockend , notdurftverrichtend
      Teil: Haartracht ; blond ; halblang , gelockt
      Teil: Gesäß
   Kleidungsstück: Rock ; rosa
   Kleidungsstück: Schuh ; rot ; knöchelhoch
   ** Boy in a pink tunic **
   http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7004623.JPG
   
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 Catalog: Standesbezeichnungen
Keyword: kna*
Timeline: 700-1650  
   
   Heilung eines epileptischen Kindes
      Dieses Bild: 000479
      Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar ; Meister der Brucker Martinstafel ; Steiermark
   Dokumentation: 1518 ; 1522 ; Graz ; Österreich ; Steiermark ; Landesmuseum Joanneum
Anmerkungen: 61x34 ; Mariazell ; Großer Mariazeller Wunderaltar ; W. Brunner (Hg.), .. da half Maria aus aller Not. Der Große Mariazeller Wunderaltar aus der Zeit um 1520. Graz 2002

** Boy in green rock with pleated skirt **
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7000337.JPG

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Catalog: Kleidung
Keyword: Kittel
Timeline: 1550-1650

Martyrium des Hl. Dionysius
Dieses Bild: 001192

Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar ; Kärnten
Dokumentation: 1515 ; 1520 ; Grades ; Österreich ; Kärnten ; St. Wolfgang
Anmerkungen: 110x62 ; Grades ; KDK VI, 1, 15f
** Boy wearing orange kittel with a black collar and black trim. Father wearing striped brown and green hose **
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7001723.JPG


Wunderbare Heilung eines abgestürzten Kindes
Dieses Bild: 001547
Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar ; Steiermark
Dokumentation: 1512 ; 1512 ; Graz ; Österreich ; Steiermark ; Landesmuseum Joanneum ; IN 387
Anmerkungen: 39,5x55,5 ; Mariazell ; Katalog Kunst des Mittelalters, 1976, S. 80

** Small child, still in arms, but not swaddled! Wearing a sleevless tunic with black decorations over a full white shirt**
 Full: http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7000552.JPG
Detail: http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7000553.JPG



Hl. Sippe
Dieses Bild: 010913

Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Altarbild
Dokumentation: 1510 ; 1510 ; Laibach Ljubljana ; Slowenien ; Narodna Muzej
Anmerkungen: 1300x1210

** Child with walker **
Detail: http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7011228.JPG

Boys in tunics, one with a large amount of rocks (?) stored above the belt.
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7011232.JPG

Kreuztragung Christi
Dieses Bild: 011512
Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Tafelbild ; Meister der Historia Friderici et Maximiliani-Werkstatt ; Niederösterreich
Dokumentation: 1515 ; 1525 ; Bratislava ; Slowakei ; Slovenská Národná Galéria ; O 320
** One boy in red rock, with pleated skirt, nice view of underarm. The other boy in blue kittle **
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7011827.JPG

Hl. Felicitas mit ihren Söhnen
Dieses Bild: 015525

Kunstwerk: Rundplastik-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Plastik ; Augsburg
Dokumentation: 1500 ; 1520 ; Augsburg ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; Maximiliansmuseum ; DM VI 8 Diözesanmuseum
** Boys in various colors of kittel, with different styling **
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016666.JPG


Kreuzigung Christi;Bußfertige Schächer;Unbußfertige Schächer
Dieses Bild: 015657
Kunstwerk: Malerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar-Sonntagsseite ; Apt der Jüngere
Dokumentation: 1517 ; 1517 ; Augsburg ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; Staatsgalerie im Schaezlerpalais ; 5349-5351
Anmerkungen: Rehlingeraltar ; "Altdeutsche Gemälde" der Staatsgalerie Augsburg (Ausst.Kat.), Bd. 1, München 1988, S. 13-17
Full: http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016850.JPG

** Boy in yellow tunic, with very low armholes. **
Detail: http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016852.JPG


From Bildindex
Orte / B / Braunschweig / Sammlungen / Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum / Kunstgewerbe / Buchmalerei / Das Schwarzsche Trachtenbuch I + II

Child in cradle
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI05036a07b.jpg

Toddlers at play
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI05036f02b.jpg

Schoolboys, one with bookbag on ground
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI05036a12a.jpg

The picture of the toddlers at play and this picture of the infant in arms are quite similar, and very practical to make for a child that is growing quite a lot. Considering how fast Henry has grown in the last two months, and how many clothes he's grown out of, I don't want to make anything too complicated, considering that these will probably be one event kind of clothes.

Comments

[spikywheel.livejournal.com]

thanks. I'll need this in about 5 months....

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Gowns for babies are a very nice thing. The only thing I found that I had to make bigger was the head hole, but my Henry has a HUGE head. For the next version, I did a keyhole, and it'll grow a lot longer. He wore his maroon gown for most of the first year; when it was big on him I just rolled the sleeves up. His red gown should last even longer, there's additional fabric I can let out in the sleeves, unless, I just pass it to Edward first. It looks like these garments don't even have sleeves? Interesting.

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Some of them do, and some of them don't. Of the two examples that I'm using, one has short sleeves and the other none. Considering how hard it is to get sleeves on Henry, this is a good thing. He doesn't mind short sleeves, but really fights long ones.

[katanubis.livejournal.com]

Imitating the clothes is one thing. But please don't imitate the baby walker. Remember that infant mortality was high then. (I've had to take care of too many baby walker problems, from hip problems to falls to developmental delays because of those awful things! Baby walkers bad, bad, bad.)

I think you're on the right track for the clothes. Kids from then grew just as fast as kids now. And they tended to value their clothing higher than we do. They'd want a outfit to be usable for a longer time than current practice, just like you'd like SCA outfits to last longer for him.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I made Maja's first tunics wide and pretty long. That way she could use them next year too. I have put in new sleeves in some, because the old were too short and narrow. This is especially useful for shifts, since you don't want too big sleeves on clotehs you wear under the tunic. I have also widened one wool tunic by adding trapezoid gores at the sides.
Of course, in the real middle ages children didn't wear their clothes just once a month, so they were probably worn out after a year, unless we're talking clotehs for special occasions. Also, clothes were probably also handed down, so the need for making them bigger was not as big as today. I do this because Maja is my last child, but I didn't do it with the twins' clothes and some of them Maja wear now.

/Eva