Finished garment - Tudor woman's black worsted kirtle as featured in The Typical Tudor fabric_embossing The earliest patterns in the

The earliest patterns in the book date back to the 1540s and resemble the designs embroidered on shirts and smocks shown in English portraits of the 1530s and 1540s

The Tudor Tailor is delighted to be able to offer a range of beautiful cotton lace from a traditional Nottingham lace factory

Made of violet woollen 2/2 twill fabric lined with red linen

Fastened at the front

were recovered from a section of moat in Groningen in the Netherlands that was constructed in 1575 and then used as a rubbish dump by the townspeople for 20 years before it was filled in

Finished garment - Tudor woman's black worsted kirtle as featured in The Typical Tudor fabric_embossing The earliest patterns in theFinished garment Tudor Tailor exclusive Woman's late 15th to early 16th century Tudor style side lacing kirtle made for The Typical Tudor book and suitable for a middling or gentle woman from 1485 to the 1540s Made of 100% lightweight worsted wool lined in undyed cream linen. The kirtle is interlined in the bodies with canvas and has a square neckline at the front and a deep V at the back. The skirt is pleated to the waist at front and back. The