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Viborg
This linen shirt, or tunic, is from 11th century Viborg, Denmark. The
body was made from one piece of fabric, and lined with the same fabric
from shoulder to waist, both in front and back. The lining was
attached to the front piece with a (special ???) seam. The side-seams
extended from shoulders to the waist, but not beyond that, even though
the shirt went down to the knees. But because (below the waist) the
back was made wider than the front, they overlapped on the sides,
making up for the lack of seam. The hem around the neck continued and
tapered into 2 strings whoch could be tied together. Eight different
types of seams were used in this model. The width of the loom was
approximately 95 cm although none of the pieces are wider than 54 cm.
Based on: Cut My Cote; Dorothy K.Burnham;The Royal Ontario
Museum; 1973; MacKinnon-Moncur |
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