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The Real Landsknecht Homepage: |
Cloaks or Coat |
Cloaks worn by Landsknechts were typical of the period. Embelished as they might with the times, though such embelishments were rare as the cloak was less effective with a lot of slashes and holes in it. Since the cloak was usually worn for protection from the weather, filling it full of holes would seriously reduce the wether resistance. As a very utilitarian garment the cloak was left whole, sometimes embroidered but left as a plain and simple circular cloak. Besides it was more the fashion to have flamboyant garb, the cloak was used to protect your real garb.
And all this said it was even more common for a fellow to wear a surcoat like that big one in the famous painting of Henry VIII (left) and Francis I, King of France (right)
![]() | Go to the Cloaks Pages of Tempus' Sewing & Garb Accessories Site You'll find patterns and sewing directions there |
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© Ragnar Torfason 2006 March 28 |