- Volkaite-Kulikauskiene, R. Senov?s lietuvi? drabužiai ir j? papuošalai (I–XVI a.), (Vilnius, 1997).
- Sedula, a Lithuanian folklore group who dress in 15th century Lithuanian dress. English Summary.
Article published in Lithuanian Museums journal. - Analysis and Identification of Fibre Constitution of Archaeological Textiles Materials Science 12(3) 2006.
Analysis of two 13-14th century textile fragments. Discusses the difficulty of differentiating between various bast fibres. - Elvyra Pe?eli?nait?-Bazien?. Archaeological Textiles of 2/2 diagonal twill found in the coastal cemeteries of the 1st–12th centuries in Lithuania Archaeologia Lituana 5 2004.
English summary at end of article.
March 15, 2010
Lithuania — Textiles and Dress
February 17, 2010
Estonia — Dress & Textiles
The earliest published knit fragment from Estonia dates to the 13-14th centuries, and is believed to have been a woman’s mitten. The other technique used for making mittens, gloves and socks was naalbinding.
- A Study of a 13th Century Votic Knit Fragment by Anneke Lyffland [PDF].
- Jüri Peets. 1987. Totenhandschuhe im Bestattungsbrauchtum der Esten und anderen Ostseefinnen Fennoscandia archaeologica IV:105-116 [PDF]German language article, discusses the Votic mitten above, as well as other naalbinded and knitted gloves, mittens and socks.
Clothing information online appears to be rarer to find:
- Reconstructed Dress of an 11th century West-Estonian man at the Läänemaa Muuseum website.
- A Reconstructed 12-14th century tablet woven band from Estonia. With pattern.
- Drawing of reconstructed 13th century female dress from Northern Estonia.
- Estonians on the console of the triumphal arch of the Karja Church, 13th c. From here.
- Figure 17: Diagram of a garment from Parisselja, region Pärnu-Jaagupi (Estonia), 14th-15th centuries, fromNahlik, Adam. 1965. Tkaniny Wsi Wschodnioeuropejskiej X-XIII W. Acta Archaologica Lodziensia, 13.
- Medieval Leather Footwear from Tallinn, by Krista Saarv in Archaeologia Baltica 6
- A 15th century poulaine from Tartu, Estonia.
- Head decorations of the early modern period in Viljandimaa, with colour plates [both PDF].
From the journal Viljandi Muuseumi aastaraamat, discussing late 16th century diadem-style headwear from southern Estonia.
January 14, 2009
Latvia – Dress
- An Early Resident of Madona, reconstruction of the dress of a woman from an 8th century Lettish woman. Via the Internet Archive.
- Scans of ‘archaeological’ dress, on the left is Livonian and the right, Lettish.
Source: Grasmane M. Latviesu tautas terpi…-[Riga],2000. - Catalogue of Needlebound Artefacts, includes references to naalbinded gloves and mittens from archaeological digs in Riga. Online at the Internet Archive.
- Reconstruction of a knitted mitten and glove from 15th century Riga. At the bottom of the page.
Image is from Mirdza Slava. 1992. Latvies?u rakstainie cimdi (Ri?ga : “Zina?tne”)
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