Ian Dicker
The picturebook is a selection of English and Scottish images mainly from the 1640s intended primarily as a costume guide. The plan is to stick to this narrow geographical remit (though I occasionally stray in date) and not show (as far as is possible to tell) the kind of pictures from the Netherlands or France that are often used as evidence for clothes worn in the English Civil War.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
Upper class doublet falling band Common people hat breeches Women Military petticoat shoes boots cloak coat coif kerchief bodice Clerical shirt lace smock
Alcester Benefaction Board part
15 November 2019
The second panel from the benefaction board from Alcester Church that has been sent for conservation, and tweeted by @DrClaringtons. Thanks again to Claire for permission to use her...
Alcester Church Benefaction Board
13 November 2019
The benefaction board from Alcester Church has been sent for conservation and Dr Clare Strachan has tweeted about it. Go to @DrClaringtons to see more details about the piece...
15 August 2019
Yet another of the figures carved by an unknown craftsman in (we think) 1636 or 37 and preserved in plaster in the Royal Armouries museum. This appears to be a young lad playing the...
13 August 2019
Continuing the series of figures that used to adorn the staircase of the house that was once known at Cromwell house in Highgate in London we have this fellow, carved we presume like...