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Effigy
Location: Warkworth
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Chevalier
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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:07 am |
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Nice find!
I always meant to look for more pictures. Apparently there are armouring points inside Charles VI Coat Armor too! |
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Boyd
Location: London
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:32 pm |
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is it just me or does the jacket look quite thin when you look at the enlarged button detail?
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Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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Effigy
Location: Warkworth
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:14 pm |
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At great risk of raising old ghosts - I postulate that the front panels where it buttons are likely to be thinner as they double when fastened (and thinner button holes are easier for big impatient male fingers to deal with).
I suspect that the next row of quilting (channel) is thicker, supporting my theory that the channels were stuffed individally to provide most padding where needed and less where not, hence the slightly lopsided look of the garment.
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Anne |
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Boyd
Location: London
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:36 am |
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nice one 
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Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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Colin & Lynlee
Location: N Z & NSW
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:18 am Button holes |
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It looks to me like the button holes are on a separate "fly" so that there is no gap. The button edge is neatly held in a sandwhich with a padded underlay and the fly over it so that any point could not slip between the layers.
maybe the assymetric or uneven shape is a function of use after making? the padding will be flattened where it wears most and the owners shape will be assymetric due to muscle use. International fencers have one leg and one arm bigger than the other even now!
Great website thanks for sharing it.
Lynlee
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