v Herjolfsnes
Ø
43. Much patched, including a large patch on the
lower edge suggesting a sword being worn with it. S1
v
Uppsala
Ø
the
front skirt has two nearly invisible patches in the front skirt—suggesting it
had been stepped on. S1
v
The
Moy Gown
Ø
Was
patched and there are holes at stress points in the garment. S1
Ø
There
was a small patch covering (re-enforcing?) the point of the back gores. S5
v
Dava
Moor, Cromdale, Morayshire. Presumably
in Scotland
Ø
Unknown
dating. Clothes are ragged in the
extreme and contain at least 29 different cloths (fabrics?). S2
v
Shetland.
(NA 249.)
Ø
Felt
skullcap with two tears roughly mended with thick 2-ply brown wool, and a hole
near the edge roughly patched with two pieces of cloth. S2
v
Dungiven
Costume
Ø
All
the garments were tattered and had been lined with patches. S3
Ø
The
doublet was lined with patches
Ø
The
trius were a mass of patches by the time of burial, something like six layers
deep in places. S6
v
Skjoldehamn
Find
Ø
The
shirt was heavily patched on (as worn) the underside of the right sleeve;
underarm (towards the front) of the right sleeve; the right side in the area of
the hip covering front and back side (this one looks like it’s been patched a
couple of times—there’s definitely two separate patches, one overlapping the
other); a large one on the left side, more towards the front and slightly
higher than the right side; just above it there is another patch; there is one
at the inside intersection of the other two left patches; there are two other
patches in the front and underarm of the left side. S4 p.83-84
§
All
the patches are irregular in shape, I believe that most of them used a
whipstitch (wool thread—almost looks white), but one or two may have used back/running
stitch. I believe that most of the
patches have been turned under, but one in particular (right underarm) looks
frayed on one edge. Most of them as well
are on the outside of the material, but the three small patches near/on the
left arm are actually done from the wrong side of the material—on one you can
actually see the outline of the patch in a way that suggests that it was
fastened with a whipstitch. S4 p.82
·
In
light of some new information, I found out that all of the patches were roughly
overcast with a variety of yarn types, Z2S being the most common. On some at least, an overcast stitch was used
to stitch the raw edge of the hole to the patch it’self, making the repair more
solid. S4 translated
by Asfridhr
v
Bernuthsfeld
Tunic
Ø
A
bog find dating to the 7th century in Germany, it was found at the
beginning of the 20th century, and is composed of 45 pieces of
different wool fabrics, sewn together in a patchwork. S7.
§
Personally I don’t believe that it was made as
a patchwork to begin with, and is the result of extensive repairs—perhaps over
a couple of generations. Looking at a colour image of the tunic, I agree with myself--several of the pieces are attached slantwise and are quite obviously layered.
v
Robe
of St. Francis of Assisi
v
Lendbreen
Tunic (250-340AD)
Ø
Two
patches, in the same area. The first,
square patch was placed on the wrong side, and the edges of the hole (probably
trimmed) were whipstitched down. The
second patch was lain over the first, on the inside, sewn down with a running
stitch (probably along the edge of the hole), and had the edges whipstiched
down. (S9)
§
The
second patch is of slightly different material, and sewn using different thread
than the first one.
Ø
Seam
repair on the right sleeve.
Whipstitch. (S9)
S1)
http://users.skynet.be/bister/Passion/Fichiers/14th%20century%20garments.pdf Some mentions of repairs
S2)
Early Scottish Textiles. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_086/86_001_029.pdf
S3)
The Dungiven Costume http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20627382?uid=3739512&uid=13674576&uid=2&uid=3&uid=3739256&uid=60&sid=47698868231857
S4)
Nye tanker om Skjoldehamnfunnet. http://www.ceilingpress.com/Resources/Nye%20tanker%20om%20Skjoldehamnfunnet.pdf
S5)
Reconstruction of the Moy Bog Gown. http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/moy3.html
S6)
The Dungiven Costume, Reconstructing History article
S7)
The conservation of an early mediaeval patchwork-style tunic. This is the paper information.
http://www.bcin.ca/Interface/openbcin.cgi?submit=submit&Chinkey=181367
S8)
The Robe of St. Francis of Assisi
S9)
Lendbreen Tunic. https://www.academia.edu/4372500/Out_of_the_Norwegian_glaciers_Lendbreen-a_tunic_from_the_early_first_millennium_AD
Note: This piece is under construction, and will occasionally be updated.
4-16-15: Edited Bernuthsfeld comment. Added Bernuthsfeld and Assisi pictures.
© John Frey, 2014. The Author of this work retains full copyright for this material. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial private research or educational purposes provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.
Note: This piece is under construction, and will occasionally be updated.
4-16-15: Edited Bernuthsfeld comment. Added Bernuthsfeld and Assisi pictures.
© John Frey, 2014. The Author of this work retains full copyright for this material. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial private research or educational purposes provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.
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