Looking for examples of camail covers/liners, x-post

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Klaus the Red
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Looking for examples of camail covers/liners, x-post

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I'm looking for examples of fabric covers on camails/aventails from the second half of the 14th century, as well as quilted/padded liners for same. The most well-known instance of the former is, of course, the 1386 effigy of Walter von Hohenklingen, visible (among other places) here...

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ufarm/hd_ufarm.htm

...and I know there's a padded camail liner shown in the effigy sculpture of one of the Dukes of Burgundy, but I've only seen this reproduced as a drawing and not a photo of the original. If someone has this image and can scan it or provide a link to it, I would appreciate it.

Aside from the two examples above, I have yet to run across any other documentation for fabric covers or "mail-stuffed" quilted camails. I would also appreciate any advice in construction from anyone who's built one of these.

Klaus
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