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Liripipe Collection

Background imageLiripipe Collection: Jester carrying a wassail bowl

Jester carrying a wassail bowl
A jester in red and blue costume, carrying a wassail bowl and enjoying the aroma coming from it. Wassail was a medieval drink, a kind of punch made from hot mulled cider

Background imageLiripipe Collection: Costumes include: hood with liripipe, hose, short doublet or jerkin, tall crowned hats

Costumes include: hood with liripipe, hose, short doublet or jerkin, tall crowned hats, hood-like headdresses, pouches suspended from belts, short gowns with full sleeves. Date: 15th century

Background imageLiripipe Collection: French Costumes 1460-80

French Costumes 1460-80
Men: shallow caps with upturned brims, jackets with pleats & doublets. Women: gown with fur borders, V -neck with revers, kirtle, hood-like headdress, hood with liripipe. Date: 1460 - 1480

Background imageLiripipe Collection: Male Costume 1375

Male Costume 1375
Hood with liripipe, cape-like garment buttoned on the shoulder, pattens, hood, ermine shoulder cape, fur- lined gown, hat with peaked brim, piked shoes. Date: circa 1375

Background imageLiripipe 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 imageLiripipe Collection: English Costume C15Th

English Costume C15Th
Men: cap with turned up brim, chaperon with liripipe, hose, short houppelandes ( one with dagged sleeves). Woman: fur- trimmed gown, hanging sleeves, high-crowned bonnet headdress Date: 15th century

Background imageLiripipe 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 imageLiripipe Collection: French Nobles of C15Th

French Nobles of C15Th
Fur-lined and edged houppelandes or gowns with hanging sleeves worn over doublets, a pouch or bag suspended from a belt & hats with burlets. Date: circa 1425

Background imageLiripipe Collection: State Officers

State Officers
State officers wear long gowns or houppelandes - two have pleated fronts, one has closed hanging sleeves, also a long huke, shoulder cape & hood, a chaperon & a cone shaped hat. Date: 15th century

Background imageLiripipe Collection: Englishman 1470

Englishman 1470
He wears a short belted high- necked tunic over his shirt and hose; the ribbon on his hat is the relic of the once- fashionable liripipe

Background imageLiripipe Collection: English Headdresses C15

English Headdresses C15
Tournament spectators: their gowns have deep V -necklines & revers, narrow sleeves & fur cuffs. Headdresses: truncated cone, butterfly, V shaped roll, veils, cap with liripipe


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