Information about Houppelande
A houppelande or houpelande is an outer garment, with a long, full body and flaring sleeves, that was worn by both men and women in Europe in the Medieval period. Sometimes the houppelande was lined with fur.
The edges of the houppelande were often dagged, or cut into decorative scallops.[1]
The edges of the houppelande were often dagged, or cut into decorative scallops.[1]
External link
- Virtue, Cynthia:: A theory on construction of the Houppelande.
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References
- Ribiero, Aileen, Dress and Morality, Batsford, 1986, reprinted Berg, 2003, ISBN 1-8597-3782-X
- Laver, James: The Concise History of Costume and Fashion, Abrams, 1979.
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times.
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fur refers to the body hair of non-human mammals also known as the pelage (like the term plumage in birds). Fur comes from the coats of animals; the animal's coat may consist of short ground hair, long guard hair, and, in some cases, medium awn hair.
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