The Armour Archive

All,

I am looking for examples of Anglo-Saxon designs to put on the edge and cuff of my 1066, Huscarl tunic.

I was thinking a geometric pattern with half of it filled (couched) in with various animals in the other half (alternating) between the filled in parts.

Does anyone have pictorial examples of Animals, Mythological or otherwise which are NOT on the BT?

Stacy

Sir Giles,
I am using the style of the BT but taking as my theme the story of Beowulf. If you want to try something episodic but aren't sure about your design skills then PM me with what you want and I'll run up some sketches. I am taking the whole of Beowulf divided between neckline book one and hem book two.
Other than that there is some work on the Llangorse textile in the new edition of Gale R. Owen Crocker "Dress in Anglo Saxon England"
Hope this helps.
Maredudd (now also known as Leofnoth the Calu)

Unfortunately there are no surviving 11th century examples of English embroidery. However, the form of decoration can probably be worked out from other sources - for example here (10th century) and here (11th century) and here (11th century) and here (11th century).

There is a good example of decorative style (assuming the BT is Englisc) at the far left of the first panel here.

It's been suggested that decoration carved in stone is a better model for embroidery than painted designs, but they're a bit harder to find. I'll see what I can locate.

For Pre-Conquest Englisc representations of animals see here and here and here and here and here and here.

Hope this helps.

Egfroth,

Thanks....

Stacy

Egfroth,

BTW,

"There is a good example of decorative style (assuming the BT is Englisc) at the far left of the first panel here. "

Got the 404 error on that one. However I was trying to stay away from that propganda piece of rag for ethical reasons.

G

Embroidery for Clothing: Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon Embroidery
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Works of the Needle: Some Artistic Currents in Cross-Cultural Exchange
also websites on the Llangors textile (since it was mentioned in an earlier posting) and the Maaseik embroideries

url=http://needleprayse.webcon.net.au/research/embroidery_for_clothing_Anglo_Saxon.pdf]Embroidery for Clothing: Anglo-Saxon[/url]

My god... That is what I was putting together... EXACTLY what I needed...

I love this place!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Stacy

Just be a bit careful with the fleurs de lys in the first link. Though they and similar designs did exist, they are by no means as well represented in pre-conquest English decorative styles as the link might suggest.

BTW, I'd like to put a link to this thread on the Hastings 2006 discussion list. Is that ok with everybody?

Fine with me...

Stacy

Egfroth wrote:Unfortunately there are no surviving 11th century examples of English embroidery.

The books I've read have said that most folk think the Bayeux Embroidery was done by English embroiderers.

Sorry - I should have put "there are no other surviving 11th century examples" - but Stacy asked for info on stuff that wasn't on the BT.