Period Tailor's book, includes patterns, cutting layouts and brief instructions. Mainly Spanish clothing but useful for Italian also.

Anderson, Ruth M. Hispanic Costume 1480-1530. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1979. ISBN: 87535-126-3 Information on drawers worn in 1500's. Lots of pictures of different items of men's and ladies clothing.

Anlezark, Mildred. Hats on Heads. Kangaroo Press. Singapore. ISBN 0 86417 303 2 practicle info on making hats: straw, felt, modern.

Arnold, Janet Patterns of Fashion 3, MacMillan, London, 1985. ISBN: 0-333-38284-6  Portraits from Italy, England and Spain, 16th and early 17th C. Includes Ms Arnold's drawings and photos of several extant items, both female and male.

Arnold, Janet Patterns of Fashion 1, MacMillan, London, 1972. ISBN: 0-89676-026-X  information and detailed pictures of Englishwoman's dresses 1660-1860. Also discusses contemporary patterns. 

Arnold, Janet Patterns of Fashion 2, MacMillan, London, 1977. ISBN: 0-89676-027-8.  information and pictures of  Englishwomen's dresses 1860-1940. Includes examples of contemporary patterns (not to scale).

Arnold, Janet Patterns of Fashion 4, MacMillan, London, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-333-57082-1.  This is the latest publication based on Janet Arnold's research and has information and detailed pictures (some in colour) of linen items such as shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear, accessories. Some paintings including partlets from Florence. 16th C to 17thC.

Arnold Janet, Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd, Maney, Leeds, 1988, ISBN:0-901286-20-6. 16th C. Discussion on clothing and clothing industry of Queen Elizabeth. Includes inventory. Many B&W photos of extant items as well as portraits.

Benns, Elizabeth & Barrett, Gina. Take V Bowes Departed: a 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined. Soper Lane, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-9542380-6-3. 

Birbari, Elizabeth Dress in Italian Painting 1460-1500 W&J Mackay Lit, Hatham, 1975. Mainly 15th C. Has many small pictures from paintings and frescoes. Good pics of  men's hose. Has pic showing linens on washlines.

Brown, Pauline. The Encyclopedia of Embroidery Techniques.  New Burlington Books, London. 2002. ISBN: 1-86155-652-7   Information on (modern) day embroidery techniques, many of which are appropriate for period embroidery.

Bruker, Gene A. Renaissance Florence. University of California Press. Berkely. 1983 (reprint). ISBN:m0-520-04695-1.   Discussion on Florentine Life and economics.

Chiarini, Marco (ed). the official Guide Pitti Palace all the museums, all the works. Sillabe s.r.l., Livorno. 2001. ISBN: 88-8347-047-9.  Colour pictures from the Pitti Palace, including cieling art and frescoes. Has colour reproduction of Allori cieling painting with egs. of partlets hanging to dry. Artworks shown, organised from each section of the Palace. Has info on Boboli gardens.

Cook, Brigit M. Practicle Skills in bobbin lace. Dover Publications, NY. 1997 (reprint). ISBN: 0-486-25561-1  Step-by-step instructions on making bobbin lace. Much is modern, but does have some appropriate for 16thC.

Crowfoot E, Pritchard F & Staniland K, Textiles and Clothing 1150-1450, Boydell Press, Woodridge, 2001 (ed) ISBN: 0-85115-840-4  Discussion and drawings from London archeological findings. Includes hose, hoods, clothing, trim.

Currie, Elizabeth. Inside the Renaissance House. V&A Publications, London, 2006. 10 1 85177 490 6.  Information on household and items and linens. Great pics, some not seen commonly. Some seen in At Home in Renaissance Italy. This is like a 'concise' version.

Eisenbihler, Konrad. The Cultural World of Eleonora di Toledo: Duchess of Florence and Siena. Ashgate Publishing,Burlington. 2004. ISBN: 0-7546-3774-3

Emlyn-Jones, Gwen. Glove Making The Art and Craft. Lacis Publications, Berkley. 1974.
ISBN: 1-891656-54-6. Basics on book on gloves. Some nice B&W pics but not very practicle.

Fennel Mazzoui, Maureen. The Italian Cotton Industry in the Later Middles Ages 1100-1600, Cambridge University press, 1981. (thanks to Galiana de Baiona).  Discusses different areas of Italy and the economics of the Industry.  Available on inter-library loan.

Ferri, Marco. II Medici riesumano i Medici. Nuova Toscana Editrice, Florence, 2005. ISBN: 88-87263-41-8. (archeological studies on the Medici Tombs in San Lorenzo, Florence. Appears to only be availble from San Lorenzo bookshop. In Italian only)

Fossi, Gloria, Uffizi Gallery: The Official Guide all of the works, Firenze Musei, Giunti, Florence, 2000 ISBN: 88-09-01487-1  Pictures of items in the Gallery. Available to buy at the Gallery. In English.

Frick, Carole Collier. Dressing Renaissance Florence.: Families Fortunes & Clothing. John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 2002. ISBN: 0-8018-6939-0  Good information book on the clothing industry and fashions. Several guardaroba listings including treauseaus. Mainly pre1500.

Gardiner, Julie (ed). Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose (Archaeology of the Mary Rose) (Archaeology of the Mary Rose Volume 4)  Mary Rose Trust. Portsmouth. ISBN:20050-9544029-4-4

German Renaissance Patterns for Embroidery: A Facsimile copy of Nicolas Bassee's New Modelbuch of 1568. Curious Works Press, Texas. 1994. ISBN: 0-9633331-4-3  Contemporary pictures of embroidery and lacis designs.  (not patterns)

Gostelow, Mary Blackwork, Dover, New York ,1998, ISBN 0-486-40178-2.  Black and white pictures, basic instructions. Some extant (English) items including hoods and coifs.

Gre, Fancis & Neergaard, Margrethe de. Shoes and Pattens. Museum of London. Boydell Press. 2001. ISBN: 0-85115-838-2 Discussion and drawings from London archeological findings. Really good info and diagrams.

Hummel, Edith M. You Can Make Your Own Gloves. Fairchild Publishing Co., 194? Practicle  discussion and instructions on preparing hides, patterns and making gloves. Out of print.

Humphrey, Peter. Painting in Renaissance Venice, Yale University, 1995. ISBN: 0-300-06247-8 

Jean Hunisett Period Costume for Stage and Screen (medieval- 1500 & 1500-1800) Practicle and patterns of Italian pre 1600 and of Elizabethan (and later) 'costumes'. More theatre based.

Jones, Ann Rosalind & Stallybrass, Peter. Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory. Cambridge University Press. 2003. ISBN: 0-521-78663-0. Not a lot on 15th or 16th C. 

Kohler, Carl, A History of Costume, Dover Publications, NY,1963, ISBN: 486-21030-8 Summary of costume from Ancient Egypt to 1800's. Mainly redrawn, but does have a few extant items including the 'shift' (with straps) from 1400's.

Kovesi Killerby, Catherine, Sumptuary Law in Italy 1200-1500, Oxford University Press. NY. 2002. ISBN:0-19-924793-5 Love this book. Has discussion on many sumptuary laws throughout Italy. Mainly pre-1600.

Konig, Eberhard, Masters of Italian Art: Carravaggio, Konemann, Cologne, 1998,ISBN: 3-8290-0243-2 Pretty pictures of  his work. Good sized.

L'Abito della Granduchessa; Vesti di corte di Madonne nel Palazzo Reale di Pisa. Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, Pisa. In Italian. Information on the restoration of 5 different extant 16thC Tuscan dresses.  Out of print.

Langdon, Gabrielle. Medici Women: Portaits of Power, Love and Betrayal in the Court of Duke COsimo I. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 2007  ISBN: 978-0-8020-9526-8

Levey, Santina & Payne, Patricia Le Pompe: Patterns for Venetian Bobbin Lace, Ruth Bean, Bedford. 1983. ISBN: 0 903585 16 2 Reproductions and some 'patterns' for period Bobbin laces. Out of Print.

Lourvre: The Visit. Editions de la Reunion de Musees antionaux, Paris. 1997. ISBN:2-7118-3472-7  Available from the Louvre. General pictures of items in the Museum. 

McCorquodale, Charles. Bronzino: Agnolo Bronzino. Chaucer Press. London. 2005. ISBN:1-904449-48-4. Out of Print. Portraits and paintings by Bronzino. About 10 I have not previously seen. Some colour. Some B&W.

Mikhaila, Ninya & Malcolm-Davies, Jane. The Tudor Tailor. BT Batsford.London. 2006. ISBN:0 7134 8985 5 Practicle discussions and some patterns for Tudor and Elizabethan men's and women's clothing. Some research and theories on making Tudor clothing,  listing of material types of the period.

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). documentation of the restoration of the Medici burial clothing (16th century). has a chapter written by Janet Arnold. Other chapters are in Italian. Has B&W photos of the items of clothing before restoration, also has colour photos of the items after restoration. 

Nourry, Claude & de Saincte Louie, Pierre. Patterns Embroidery: Early 16thCentury. Lacis. Berkley. 1999. ISBN: 1-891656-16-3 Contemporary designs of 16th C embroidery patterns.

Orsi Landini, Roberta & Niccoli, Bruna. La Moda a Firenze 1540-1580. Pagliai Polistampa, Firenze, 2005. ISBN: 88-8304-867-9. My favourite book. Lots of colour pictures - portraits and some extant items, based on Medici documents. Mainly Eleanora d'Toledo era. Some nice pics of Florentine materials. Only way to improve it would have been *any* information on tailoring techniques (seams, stitches, etc... alas)...

Phillips, Clare. Jewelry From Antiquity to the Present. Thames & Hudson. London. 1996. ISBN: 0-500-20287-7 Pictures of jewely. Only about 1/4 -1/3 of the book is useful for pre-1600. 

Piponnier, Francoise & Mane, Perrine Dress in the Middle Ages, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1997. ISBN: 0-300-08691-1. Mainly pre1500. Some titbits on cotton clothing. (only in passing).

Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace Volume 1. William Heinemann, London. 1913 available on line at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html Pictures of extant Italian Lace and camicias. Out of Print but available online. 

Rosenthal, Margaret F, The Honest Courtesan, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992 ISBN; 0-226-72812-9  based on the life of famous Venetian courtesan.

Rosenthal, Margaret F, Jones, Ann Rosalind. Cesare Vecellio's Habiti Antichi et Moderni: The Clothing of  the Renaissance World. Thames and Hudson, London. 2008. ISBN: 978-0-500-51426-9. Reproduction of Vecellio's drawings with translation of his descriptions. Also colour pictures of contemporary portraits. Glossary or terms and introduction re: Vecellio's 'world'. This book is over 2 inches thick!!

Rutt, Richard. A History of Hand Knitting. Interweave Press. 1987. ISBN: 1-931499-37-3 Pictures of various knitted items (including flat hat, hose, gloves, jacket, plunderhosen). B&W pics.

Sframeli, Maria 2003. I gioielli dei Medici dal vero e in ritratto. Sillabe, Firenze Musei. ISBN: 88-8347-197-0

Snook, Barbara, English Embroidery, Bell & Hyman, London, 1974

Stanton, David (trans). Lotto. Electa/Art Books International, Milan. 1996. ISBN:1-874044-17-1  Pretty pictures.

Tinagli, Paola. Women in Italian Renaissance Art; Gender Representation Identity.  Manchester University Press, 1997. ISBN: 0 7190 4054 X. Discussion on the meaning and symbols and social aspects of women's portraits.

Thorton, Peter. The Italian Renaissance Interior 1400-1600. Harry N. Adams INc, NY. 1991. ISBN: 0-8109-3459-0  Discussion and many pictures - paintings, photos and drawings of textiles, beds, household items, rooms and furnishings. Many pictures are useful for clothing documentation also. Many pictures I have not seen eslewhere. One of my most treasured books. out of print and very hard to get.

Veccellio, Cesare. Vecellio's renaissance Costume Book. Dover Publications. NY. 1977. ISBN: 0 48623441X  Pictures of regional costume by a contempory Italian artist. A 'larger version' of this book has now been published, with full translation. *

Weiditz, Authentic Everyday dress of the Renaissance, (Trachtenbuch) Dover Publications NY. 1994. ISBN: 0-486-27975-8   Pictures of regional costume by a contempory Germanic artist. Some are ... quite intriguing.

Willet, C. & Cunnington, Phillis, A History of Underclothes, Dover Publications, NY, 1992, ISBN: 0-486-27124-2 Rundown of underwear up to 1800's. Only a small section is relevant to renaissance. Is very general, some pics of Italian drawers, some info on English sumptuary laws and underwear.

• (Life in Tudor age)**  

Periodicals:

• Gloves by Marie de Lyon Lochac A&S suppliment Issue #2, Dec XXXII p28  SCA publication. has basic pattern
• Marie De Lyon: notes from Festival Glove Collegium, XXXIX SCA publication.
• Well in Hand article from "Handmade" magazine Winter 1990, p86 has a pattern for modern suede glove.
• Medieval and Renaissance Eyeglasses, The Complete Anachronist, July 1982. SCA publication. Good info and how to make..

Web Sites:

Florence

• Archivo Digitale: Digital Archive/Photographic Documentation  Conservation of Medici Burial Clothes.  http://archiviomedici.costume-textiles.com/  Photos from Janet Arnold's archives of the restoration of Medici Burial clothes, including Eleanora and Cosimo. This was presented at the Textile Colloquium in Florence, 2008 and is now available online. Please note the copyright laws.
• Festive Attyre: http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/secondflor/portfolio.html Pictures of portraits mainly 15th-early 16th C Italian and Florentine. Has links to larger version of most portraits. Good dress diaries with some lovely outfits (Italian, english, working class, etc.)
• Italy guides.it (Uffuzzi) http://www.italyguides.it/us/florence/uffizi_gallery.htm Really cool  360 degrees around sections of the Uffuzzi.
• Italy guides.it (interactive map of Florence) http://www.italyguides.it/us/florence/interactive_map_of_florence/map_of_florence.php  
• Medici Archive Project: www.medici.org/  (1/06) ongoing research from archives, letters of the Medicis. Searchable to certain extent.
• The Medici Project.
  
• http://www.comune.firenze.it/servizi_pubblici/arte/musei/a.htm  Palazzo Vecchio: Commune of Florence In Italian. Opening times etc.
• Virtual Panoramas of Florence: http://www.italyguides.it/us/florence/florence_italy.htm Really cool  360 degree maps of famous sections of Florence
• Web Gallery: Medici portraits by Bronzino. http://www.kfki.hu/~/arthp/html/b/bronzino/1/index.html Lots of portraits. Searchable. Can magnify portraits.
• World of Words:  Florio's 1598 Italian/English Dictionary.  on  Greg Lindahl's Renaissance Dance website:  http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/florio1598/florio_1598.pdf  Contemporary  dictionary of Italian terms of the time. Very good reference but very large.

Accessori - Accessories:

• The Glove Website http:/www.glove.org/ patterns, examples of gloves made, information.
• Vintage Sewing http://www.vintagesewing.info/1950s/50-hmg/hmg-toc.html  (gloves, 1950s)
• Gloves in period The Ultimate Costuming site  http://www.huscarl.com/costume/accessories/gloves/htm#HistoryoftheGlove 5/8/00  appaears to be offline or changed address?
• La Mode Francaise - historical note on gloves http://www.lamodefrancaise.tm.fr/anglais/culture/historiques/gants.htm appaears to be offline or changed address?
• Gloves http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/clothing_books_msg.html Stefan's Florilegium - searchable
• Making Rose Petal Beads. By Margritte of Ravenscroft Http://www.mindspring.com/maclain.home.mindspring.com (7/03)  has recipe- appaears to be offline or changed address? try on http://cottageherb.tripod.com/herbalgrimoire/id7.html (2008) half way down the page...
• Making Rose Petal  Beads by Cathy Covington. http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/cathy/rosebeads/ has pictures!
  
• Making Rose Petal beads by Dianne Merrill. Http://www.thebeadsite.com/rose3 (4/04) www.thebeadsite.com/BMM-ROSE.htm (2008) instrustions
• Fans in Museums http://www.angelfire.com/retro/thefansite/index.html (7/03) appaears to be offline or changed address? try: http://www.fancircleinternational.org/ (History-Renaissance)
• Lady Dianotto’s Costume in Renaissance http://www.ladydianottos.com (7/03) now only has info on buying fans :(
• Fans of Elizabeth 1 of England (from Inventory) http://www.angelfire.com/retro/thefansite/text/renaissance.html (7/03)  appaears to be offline or changed address?
• A Ruff Calculation: http://costume.dm.net/ruffcalc.htm. how to make
• Making an Elizabethan Ruff: http://costume.dm.net/ruffmake.htm
• How to make an Elizabethan ruff: http://www.reddawn.net/costume/ruff.htm (2003, 2008) instructions on making Elizabethan ruffs.
• Italian Renaissance hair taping http://www.mfgraffix.com/hird/faoilt/style1.html  Instructions and pictures.
• The medieval beadwork page http://medievalbeads.com/content/view/22/58/ pics of 16th C beaded items -extant and portraits.
• Tudor and Elizabethan Coifs http://www:dnaco.net/~aleed/corsets/headwear/coif/html (9/8/00) http://www.elizabethancostume.net/ (2007)
• Constructing an Elizabethan Caul http://costume.dm.net/headwear/caulmake.html (9/8/00, confirmed 2/7/03)
• 16th Century Cauls, Hairnets and Snoods. http://costume.dm.net/headwear/snood.html (2/7/03)
• Mode Historique : Fabulous French Hoods by Sara Lorraine. http://www.modehistorique.com/elizabethan/french_hood/french_hoods.html#construction instructions and pictures of a theory on making French Hoods.
  
  

General Renaissance

• Renaissance Tailor: Demonstrations: Stockings: http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_stockings.htm (revisited 23/7/03) photo of extant stocking (B&W) and one pattern option
• Extant Originals - Europe:  http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/obsah.htm  Many, many pics of extant items of clothing from many countries... really good site!

Period Books/Documents

• Diego de Freyle's Pattern Book (The Renaissance Tailor).  http://www.vertetsable.com/research_freyle.htm (revisited 2008) scans of patterns from 1588 pattern book (small only).
• Digital Archive of Books: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html  lots of out of print books online... subjects such as lace, weaving etc.. fantastic site!
• Il Libro del Sarto or Milanese Tailors Handbook.  http://www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/pages/f100V.html
• Medici Archive Project: www.medici.org/  (1/06) ongoing research from archives, letters of the Medicis. Searchable to certain extent.
• Milanese Tailors Handbook. www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/
• Modern History Sourcebook: William Harrison (1534-1593): Description Of Elizabethan England, 1577 from Holinshed's Chronicles) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html contemporary account of different social aspects of Elizabethan England, including apparel
• Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace Volume 1. William Heinemann, London. 1913 available on line at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html I love this book. It has many pics (all B&W) of extant items that have been lost to us (including camicia) 
• Stubbes on Ruffs (contemporary commentary) http://costume.dm.net/stubbes.html
• Stubbes, Phillip. Anatomy of Abuses.  http://www.archive.org/stream/phillipstubbessa00stubuoft/phillipstubbessa00stubuoft_djvu.txt   full text in differing formats on Stubbes view of Elizabethan England.

Museums & Auction Houses:

• ACADEMY CARRARA Bergamo- The Other Venice. www.accademiacarrara.bergamo.it/  in Italian. searchable. Online catalgue via : Catalogo dei dipinti
• Bayerisches National Museum. www.gilindex.de/bilder/     Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur.  www.bildindex.de/  lots of pictures of items in the museum. Some colour, some B&W. searchable. In German.
• Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur.  www.bildindex.de/ 
• Bath Museum of Costume: http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/ Fashion museum. has some English shirts and smocks of 16thC and early 17thC.
  
• Cleveland Museum of Art http://www.clevelandart.org/Explore/work.asp?searchText=1950.352&recNo=0&view=more extant items in the Museum including Mens nightcaps Good details.
• Christies Auction House: www.christies.com  catalogue of auctions available to view and buy. Includes some 'Old Masters' paintings not published.
• Diversarum nationum habitus - http://www.istitutodatini.it/biblio/images/riccard/12886/htm/vol1.htm  1594-1596 drawings of contemporary clothing  including Venice, Rome, Doctors (B&W)
• Firenze Musei: http://www.comune.firenze.it/servizi_pubblici/arte/musei/a.htm Florence Commune museum info.
• Kress Foundation:  www.kressfoundation.org portraits, searchable by artist, date or area. includes some not commonly seen portraits which can be enlarged.
• LACMA Collections online: http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record&key=13756 images from the museum, including extant 16th century material and textiles. 
• LACMA: Los Angeles County Mueseum of Art: Boissard, Jean Jacques, Habitus Variorum Orbis Gentium, 1581. http://www.lacma.org/  contemporary drawings of costume of the world. watercolour. http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record&id=151369&type=101
• Manchester Gallery of Costume http://www.manchestergalleries.org/our-other-venues/platt-hall-gallery-of-costume/  extant items - corsets, stays (16-18thC to contemporary) , nightcaps,  
• Medici Archive Project: www.medici.org/  (1/06)
• Metopolitan Museum of New York. http://www.metmuseum.org/ images of art and extant items found in the museum, includes linens, chopines. has searchable option
• Met Special Topics page/ The Chopine. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd//chop/hd_chop.htm
• MFA Boston. Muesum of Fine Arts. www.mfa.org/ lots of pics of extant items and paintings, including gloves of 16th C - Elizabethan and Italian, searchable.
• Museum of Costume - gloves http://www.medievalbeads.com/docs/items/13th-gloves.html
• Museo del Traje. http://museodeltraje.mcu.es/index.jsp?id=48&ruta=4,17,48&referencia=MT00790 (8/07) has an extant example of a 16th century (spanish?) pocket.
• National Gallery, London. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk  images of portraits includes Van Eyck,  van der Weyden,  Lippi, Bordone, FLorentine and Venetian schools.
• National Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.nga.gov/ online articles and images 
• The State Hermitage Museum Digital COllection http://www.hermitage.ru or http://www.hermitagemuseum.org - search Textiles Italy(?) in Russian and English,  has a digital collection, textiles, armour, arms, furnishings, costume. Many trims 
• V&A Museum-  http://www.vam.ac.uk/ costume and textiles can be searched 
• V&A Access to Images. http://images.van.ac.uk/ images
• The Virtual Uffuzi. http://www.arca.net/uffizi1/artisti.asp lisitng of works in Ufuzzi. some links broken. 
• WebMuseum, Paris. ( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bronzino/garcia.jpg )  colour pic of Don Garzia 
• Warwickshire Museum Website www.datavista.co.uk
• Commission for Looted Art in Europe: http://www.lootedartcommission.com/lootedart_pressreleases.htm this site has info and pics of recovered portraits, thought lost. Not commonly seen.

Archeological sewing

• Archeological Sewing by Heather Rose Jones (2001) http://heatherrosejones.com/archaeologicalsewing/index.html (new adsottana: 8/06) Good site, has info on stitches used on different material
• Archive of Stitches from Extant Textiles. www.bayrose.org  stitches used in medieval clothing
• Carlson, Marc Some Clothing of the Middle Ages.  www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/hose.html (24/5/03)  patterns drawn up from extant items, mainly medieval and earlier.
• Sewing Stitches Used in Medieval Clothing: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm listing of stitches (and context) used in extant clothing that has been published.

Web Galleries

• Goldsword Gallery SFarmer: http://epee.goldsword.com/sfarmer/SCA/Paintings/
• Orazio Centaro Art Images on the Web: www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/images/
• Olga's Gallery. www.abcgallery.com
• Web Gallery of Art: http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/

Textiles & Embroidery:

• All About Fabrics - Dictionary. http://allaboutfabrics.com
• Before you start to Smock: www.geocities.com?Wellesley/3351/smkstch2.htm?200830
• The Art of Textiles by Alberto Tagliabue http://www.thais.it/arti_minori/tessuto/italiano/Italiano2.htm descriptions of 16th and 17th C textiles
• The Art of Textiles - definitions: http://www.thais.it/arti_minori/tessuto/glossario_uk.htm definitions of 16th and 17th C textiles
• BayRose. (website by Savinra de la Bere.) http://www.bayrose.org/needlework/Shading-1.pdf
• The Needles Excellency A New Booke. (downloadable) http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/bookshelf/details.html?bookid=25 patterns for embroidery 
• Oriental Costumes Their Designs and Colors http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/tilke/title.html facsimile of book by Max Tilke.
• Worshipful Company of Broiderers (Lochac) article. http://www.sca.org.au/broiderers/Docs/bunnies.pdf   "there might be bunnies!"

Garb Diaries & Personal Websites:

• 16th Century Persian Women's Clothing http://fenris.net/~lizyoung/16thCePers/16thCePersian.html
• A Reconstructed Chemise by Kass McGann http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/beginners/chemise.html 5/11/03
• The Art Of Turkish Textiles http://www.turkishculture.org/fabrics_patterns/fabrics.html
• Bronwen's Blackwork Library. http://costume.dm.net/blackwork/
• Carlson, Marc: Some Clothing of the Middle Ages. www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/hose.html (24/5/03)  very good
• Caerleon, Megge,Medieval Women’s Hose: www.antir.com/meghan/hose.html (revisited: 22/7/03)
• Caerleon, Megge, Tempus Peregrinator's Sewing & Garb Accessories Site: Bag Stockings http://www.pipcom.com/~tempus/sewing/legs_bsocks.html (revisited: 22/7/03)
• Caitlin's Public Gallery.  http://picasaweb.google.com/SalviCait/CosutmeNellaPittura
• Chausses and Braies: www.randyasplund.com/browse/medieval/chausse1.html (3/11/02)
• Elizabethan Costume Page http://costume.dm.net/bath/bathsmock1front.jpg
• Enforcing Statutes of apparel http://thrednedlestrete.com/proclamations/sumpt21oct1559.htm
• Extreme Costuming.  http://www.extremecostuming.com/articles/militarycassocks.html
• Festive Attyre: Gallery. homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/secondflor/portfolio.html
• From Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes website. http://renaissance.dm.net/sumptuary/ (revisited 28/7/03)
• Historical Shoe designs: Footed hose (14th -16th C): www.bm.com/~lindahl/carlson/SHOES/SHOES54.HTM (31/3/98)
• "How much yardage is enough" Susan Reed, 1994. http://patriot.net/~nachtanz/SReed/fabuse.html
• How to make an easy Italian chemise - Festive Attyre (May, 2005) homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre
• McGann, Kass, The Carnamoyle Stockings — Irish Wool Stockings from the 16th Century  http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/stocai.html (24/5/03)
• Kenton, Donna Flood. Hand Knit Hose. 1998: www.dabbler.com/ndlwrk/stocking.html (5/8/00, revisited 22/7/03)
• Late Period Outerwear.  http://www.employees.org/~cathy/cote_body.html
• Leed, Drea The Well Dress'd Peasant:16th C Flemish Workingwomen's Dress, Costume & Dressmaker Press, Trinidad, Colarado, 2000
• Olga's Gallery. www.abcgallery.com
• Oonagh's Own:   http://www.geocities.com/oonaghsown/
• Oonagh's Own Accessories: http://www.geocities.com/curvess2000/accessories.htm
  
• Resources - Aneala - by Alessandra Torrigiani d'Arezzo: http://aneala.sca.org.au/arts/ATPianelle.html
• Suggested Yardages for Elizabethan Garments by Drae Leed. http://costume.dm.net/yardages.html# (29/5/03)
• Tying the Turban www.davina.org/turban/sample2.html
•  http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/miscellany_pdf/Other_Articles_V_Turban.pdf
• The Renaissance Tailor http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_gloves.htm
• Who wears What I: Enforcing Statutes of Apparel Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws http://renaissance.dm.net/sumptuary/
• The Zen of spiral lacing http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/lacing/lacing.html