The Armour Archive

I just finished reading the article on the Charles du Blois pourpoint sleeve construction on the web-site www.cottesimple.com (highly recommend), and I was wondering if that same construction technique for patterning the elbow was ever used on doublets with the puffed shoulder caps.

Could anyone recommend good references towards this question? I find I really like the tailored elbow construction - very comfy.

Thank you.

I would compare this with the sleves of the doublets, especially the two fencing doublets, in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion c1560-1620. ISBN: 0896760839

Pietro,

Thanks for the plug. Incidentally, I have a copy of your one-page Charles de Blois diagram and I occasionally send it to folks. (Your name is on there so you get the credit.)

I wish I could help you with further, but I haven't found any evidence yet of that elbow hinge in other garments from the 14th or 15th centuries. It sounds like later extant pieces has that general idea for tailoring though...

-Tasha