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Houppelande Collection

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Costume / Bourgogne C15

Costume / Bourgogne C15
Man: very short houppelande or jacket with dagged epaulettes & hanging sleeves, parti- coloured hose, piked shoes & a bandeau. Woman: Hennin & veil headdress, gown & kirtle. Date: 15th century

Background imageHouppelande Collection: English Costume Mid C14

English Costume Mid C14
Woman: cote-hardie with long tippets, kirtle buttoned over the hands, ornamental fillet, veil & plaits coiled over the ears. Men: mantle, fur hood, houppelande, girdle & pouch. Date: 1365 - 1376

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Italian Dress of C. 1400

Italian Dress of C. 1400
Italian costumes differ from those of Northern Europe. N.B chemise drawn through apertures made in the sleeves. N.B horned headdress & fur lined houppelande. Date: circa 1400

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Costume of C15Th

Costume of C15Th
Clothing includes: a houppelande with hanging sleeves, pouch hanging from a belt; plumed fur hat worn over an undercap; high buskins & a cape, cote-hardie, piked shoes Date: 15th century

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Florentine Costume C15Th

Florentine Costume C15Th
Fur-lined and edged houppelande or gown with funnel sleeves & a hood; fur- trimmed huke worn over a doublet. Both wear hose, piked shoes (cracowes) & caps. Date: circa 1425

Background imageHouppelande Collection: German Nobles C14Th

German Nobles C14Th
Hood-turbans, fur-lined & trimmed houppelande with bagpipe sleeves, a voluminous garment cape-like in shape but belted & worn over a gipon (the buttoned sleeves visible) Date: 14th century

Background imageHouppelande Collection: German Costume Early C15

German Costume Early C15
Men: garments with hanging sleeves worn under armour, chaperon with liripipe. Woman: houppelande (gown) with hanging sleeves, ermine borders, a rosary & a barbette Date: early 15th century

Background imageHouppelande Collection: German Ladies 1425

German Ladies 1425
Kirtles with trains worn with a houppelande with funnel sleeves which hang in loose folds or a short gown with fitted bodice & a dagged ? mantle & girdle. Date: 1425

Background imageHouppelande Collection: English Costume 1400

English Costume 1400
Man: buskins, doublet with sleeve apertures, pouch & dagger, brimless hat. Women: cote-hardie, ermine trimmed sideless surcoat, houppelande Headdresses: horned, padded V Date: 1400

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Courtiers Dress C15Th

Courtiers Dress C15Th
Garments: chaperon, dagged (scalloped) huke, two colour jacket worn over a doublet, riding buskins & spurs, hooded houppelande or gown with dagged, wide funnel sleeves Date: 15th century

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Costume / Brass of C15Th

Costume / Brass of C15Th
Monumental brass in Digswell Church, Hertfordshire: wide, padded headdress with veil, houppelande with turned down collar, long funnel sleeves, kirtle sleeves visible. Date: early 15th century

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Burgundian Dress C. 1450

Burgundian Dress C. 1450
Hat with burlet, doublet with puffed over-sleeves, jerkins (jackets) with pleats or ermine trimmed & with hanging sleeves, hose & piked shoes (cracowes) or piked buskins. Date: circa 1450

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Frenchmen of 1470

Frenchmen of 1470
Short fur-lined jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves, hose, piked shoes (cracowes), long gowns - one with dagged sleeves, small round caps & hats & a chaperon with liripipe Date: 1470

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Mens Costume of C15Th

Mens Costume of C15Th
Various social classes from farmer to judge: hose, hood with tabs, pouch suspended from belt, piked pattens & shoes (cracowes), houppelande (gown) with hanging sleeves. Date: 1425

Background imageHouppelande Collection: 15th Century Lady

15th Century Lady
Though she carries a devotional book, her sumptuous dress - robes et houppelande historiees - suggest a trace of vanity... Date: 15th century

Background imageHouppelande Collection: Officers of Richard II

Officers of Richard II
Officers of the court of Richard II wearing long gown or houppelande, doublet and exaggerated piked shoes


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