Inside-Out Garments

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Looking at illustrations of garments turned inside-out can teach us about garment linings and construction. (For now, this list concentrates on the Late Middle Ages, but may be extended as additional examples are found.) A man's tunic in a base-de-page from a book of hours (BNF Latin 14284, fol. 63), 13th century A lady's gown in Scenes from the Life of Christ: Entry into Jerusalem, a fresco at the Cappella Scrovegni by Giotto di Bondone, 1304-1306 A man's cloak in Scenes from the Life of St. Martin: The Division of the Cloak, a fresco at the Cappella di San Martino in the Lower Church of San Francesco by Simone Martini, 1312-1317 Various outerwear in The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, a fresco at the Lower Church of San Francesco by Pietro Lorenzetti, c. 1320 A man's tunic in the Luttrell Psalter (Brit. Lib. Ad.. 42130, fol. 198r), c. 1325-1340 A woman's gown in Susannah's bath, Machaut's Confort d'ami (BNF Fr. 1584, fol. 127v), c. 1372-1377 A woman's gown in A woman's gown in a fresco of the Fountain of Youth at the Castello di Manta A man's gown in an illustration of a medlar-tree, Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333, fol. 7v), 15th century A man's gown in The murder of Agamemnon, De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598, fol. 49v), beginning of the 15th century A man's gown in Boccaccio and Saul, De casibus (BNF Fr. 232, fol. 37v), second quarter of the 15th century A man's gown in Agnolella fleeing the brigands from the Decameron (BNF Fr. 239, fol. 148), second quarter of the 15th century A man's gown on fol. 43v and a young woman's gown on fol. 387r from the Decameron (BNF Arsenal 5070), 1432 A man's gown in The murder of Agamemnon from De casibus (BNF Fr. 229, fol. 32v), c. 1435-1440 Men's gowns in St. Ansanus Baptizing by Giovanni di Paolo, 1440s A man's gown in The murder of Agamemnon, De casibus (BNF Fr. 230, fol. 22), third quarter of the 15th century A man's doublet in the execution of Robert Tresilian, Froissart's Chronicles, 15th century A man's doublet in Burial of the Wood (from the frescoes at the Capella Maggiore of San Francesco in Arezzo by Piero della Francesca, c. 1455 A man's outer garment (and a bit of his hose) on the right panel of the St. John Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, 1455-1460 Detail from Ecce Homo by Friedrich Herlin, 1468 Men's shirts and gowns in How Alexander was dubbed in the order of chivalry, Le Livre des Conquestes et Faits d'Alexandre (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris L.Dut.456, fol. 18v) A man’s gown (foreground, kneeling in front left corner) of the Flaying of Sisamnes by Gerard David, 1498 The martyrdom of St. Sebastian, The Munich-Montserrat Hours, c. 1535-1540 Thanks to Clare de Crecy for the suggestions on links to add!

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Looking at illustrations of garments turned inside-out can teach us about garment linings and construction. (For now, this list concentrates on the Late Middle Ages, but may be extended as additional examples are found.)

A man's tunic in a base-de-page from a book of hours (BNF Latin 14284, fol. 63), 13th century
A lady's gown in Scenes from the Life of Christ: Entry into Jerusalem, a fresco at the Cappella Scrovegni by Giotto di Bondone, 1304-1306
A man's cloak in Scenes from the Life of St. Martin: The Division of the Cloak, a fresco at the Cappella di San Martino in the Lower Church of San Francesco by Simone Martini, 1312-1317
Various outerwear in The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, a fresco at the Lower Church of San Francesco by Pietro Lorenzetti, c. 1320
A man's tunic in the Luttrell Psalter (Brit. Lib. Ad.. 42130, fol. 198r), c. 1325-1340
A woman's gown in Susannah's bath, Machaut's Confort d'ami (BNF Fr. 1584, fol. 127v), c. 1372-1377
A woman's gown in A woman's gown in a fresco of the Fountain of Youth at the Castello di Manta
A man's gown in an illustration of a medlar-tree, Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333, fol. 7v), 15th century
A man's gown in The murder of Agamemnon, De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598, fol. 49v), beginning of the 15th century
A man's gown in Boccaccio and Saul, De casibus (BNF Fr. 232, fol. 37v), second quarter of the 15th century
A man's gown in Agnolella fleeing the brigands from the Decameron (BNF Fr. 239, fol. 148), second quarter of the 15th century
A man's gown on fol. 43v and a young woman's gown on fol. 387r from the Decameron (BNF Arsenal 5070), 1432
A man's gown in The murder of Agamemnon from De casibus (BNF Fr. 229, fol. 32v), c. 1435-1440
Men's gowns in St. Ansanus Baptizing by Giovanni di Paolo, 1440s
A man's gown in The murder of Agamemnon, De casibus (BNF Fr. 230, fol. 22), third quarter of the 15th century
A man's doublet in the execution of Robert Tresilian, Froissart's Chronicles, 15th century
A man's doublet in Burial of the Wood (from the frescoes at the Capella Maggiore of San Francesco in Arezzo by Piero della Francesca, c. 1455
A man's outer garment (and a bit of his hose) on the right panel of the St. John Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, 1455-1460
Detail from Ecce Homo by Friedrich Herlin, 1468
Men's shirts and gowns in How Alexander was dubbed in the order of chivalry, Le Livre des Conquestes et Faits d'Alexandre (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris L.Dut.456, fol. 18v)
A man’s gown (foreground, kneeling in front left corner) of the Flaying of Sisamnes by Gerard David, 1498
The martyrdom of St. Sebastian, The Munich-Montserrat Hours, c. 1535-1540

Thanks to Clare de Crecy for the suggestions on links to add!