Burgundian Noblemen's Underclothes c1445-1475

Figure 7.65
1460-65 Livres des Tournois du roi
Rene, king-at-arms presenting a
sword to the Duke of Bourbon
Figure 7.68
Ca. 1460 from Chronique a brégée
des empereurs
Figure 7.66
Mid-fifteenth century. Roman de
la Violette. Paris, Bib. Nat. ms fr.
24376 f. 5,8.
Figure 7.69
late 1440s-late 1460s Louis of
Savoy, from a statuette on the
tomb of Louis de Mâle
Figure 7.67
Ca. 1465-70 Burges. Master
of the Harley Froissart, Jean
Foissart’s Chroniques.
Most of the time (when the full sleeve is visible) the slit goes from the wrist nearly to the
sleeve puff (figures 62-69). In figures 65 the slit seems to disappear just above the elbow.
In all cases except 68 the slit appears narrow, as if a seam were left open, rather then a
portion of the sleeve that has been removed. Because of the prevalence of the slit, I
conjecture that there is a seam running up the outer arm, as there is in the extant 14 th
century Charles of Blois' pourpoint (figure 70).
There are many possible ways to construct the tight portion of the sleeve; you could use
the Charles of Blois’ multi-piece sleeve as a guide:
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