Sunday 20 May 2018

Resarch for a 1520's gown, part 3; what money can buy

I can’t make shoes so I will have to buy them. Here is a number of links in an alphabetic order to
places to purchase shoes. The only one I have personal experience of is Harr, which I’ve always been
very pleased with, but they are also pricey. I want good shoes, but I also don’t want to spend a fortune
on what I probably won’t use much. It’s also unlikely I will end up buying shoes from the USA as the
postage combined with taxes can double the cost.


















I will also need some bling. The lady in my painting is wearing a gold chain around her neck, a
diamond-shaped brooch, and four rings on the visible hand. I think it’s likely she is wearing rings on
the other hand too. I’m not aiming to find jewelry which is exact replicas, but I want it to work for the
period.


I haven’t found any online shop for historical jewelry who sell this kind of heavy chain, but a quick
search on Etsy provided me with several suitable chains, so I don’t think it will be too hard to find a
suitable chain.


Armour and Castings have a few nice diamond shaped brooches.








As for rings I have found a Swedish company;Historiska Fynd who makes historical reproductions in bronze, which makes them rather inexpensive.


15th century:






16th century




2 comments:

ista said...

I got custom 18th century shoes from Andy Burke 4 years ago (even though I have a qualification to custom-make shoes myself, I don't have all the tools). Although the exchange rate & post to Australia made them my most expensive shoes ever, they are so comfortable and it's the best thing I've done for re-enacting. I've even used them for 1920s.

Isis said...

ista: Thank you! That's good to know.

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