Resource: Historical Costume Books

This resource was compiled by the Clothiers Guild of Aethelmearc to support the research goals of their members. They have graciously agreed to allow us to disseminate this on their behalf to the clothiers of Atlantia. The link to their spreadsheet can be viewed here.

In this resource there are the following historical costume books:

NameDateOrigin
Stände und Handwerker mit Versen von Han Sachs1568German
de Bruyn’s Trachtenbuch1581
The theatre of women1586German
Trachtenbook (book of costumes)1530
Album Amicorum of a German Soldier1595Italian
“Album of Costume Studies”16th centurypossibly Italian
Ensemble de gravures de costumes italiens du XVIe siècle1572Italian
Costumes de femmes de diverses contrées1550-1700
Kostuumafbeelding in het album1550-1630Dutch
Lucas D’here costume book16th CenturyEnglish
Stammbuch des Georgius (Gregor) Amman16th CenturyGerman
[Trachtenbuch]16th Century“Italian?”

For the links to these resources, as well as to see any new ones added, please see the original Aethelmearc Clothier’s Guild spreadsheet linked above.

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