1. This is the conserved Cloak of Don Garzia, found in Moda alla Corte dei Medici (p 64). It is of (discoloured) black silk damask with pieces being 55.8cm wide. The pieces do not have the pattern matched. There are two black velvet guards (cut on the bias) with diagonal slashes (on the straight grain) and gold edging. The guards vary from 31-38cm wide. The cloak was originally lined with crimson tafetta. The buttons are worked over 'balls of material'. 

2. The doublet of Cosimo I. Moda alla Corte dei Medici (p 69). The buttons are made of silk worked over a wooden base. The sleeve is 65.5cm in length (p97).  The points have metal aglets.

3. Doublet and paned hose with codpiece belonging to Don Garzia.The guibbone (doublet) is made of red silk satin with gold thread. The trunk hose are of crimson velvet with gold thread decoration. They were lined with crimson silk, with a linen interining. The front pieces of the collar are cut separately with the back of the collar cut as part of the main back piece.  (Moda alla Corte dei Medici p 49).The sleeves were made from one piece. The buttons are silk thread worked over a wooden base. The sleeves were originally lined in linen.

Bonnet/Cap:

4. Black velvet bonnet with 39 evenly spaced 'dart tucks' around the crown. Moda alla Corte dei Medici (p60).

Bibliography:

• Arnold, Janet Patterns of Fashion, MacMillan, London, 1985. ISBN: 0-333-38284-6 
• Moda alla Corte dei Medici, gli albiti restauranti di Cosimo, Eleanora e don Garzia,  Firenze : Centro Di, 1993. Description: 107 p. : ISBN: 8870382389 (available via interlibrary loan).