S. George Slaying the Dragon

Published/Created:

ca. 1380

Date Depicted:

1975
500 AD - 1499 AD

Notes:

A variation of the cote-hardie with highly decorative undersleeves. The bright red shoes are pointed.

Abstract:

Middle Gothic dress is largely transitional. Familiar forms develop exaggerations. Necklines are lower. Skirts and sleeves are longer, even dragging on the ground. Shoes are more pointed. Fabrics are lush and saturated with color. Garment edges are finished in cutwork, such as scalloping, dagging, and foliating. Women seem to flutter and sway as they move. The sideless gown is the one important new garment. Sleeveless like a jumper, from under the arms to below the hips it is completely cut away. It is quite long in front and has a train. Extra skirt fullness is gathered into a curved band at the sides. The plastron, a shaped and separate piece decorated with jeweled button trim, is often added to the bodice front. After its life is over as a fashionable gown, it continues as a ceremonial garment.

Topics:

Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC)
Manuscripts -- France -- 14th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Gothic (Medieval)
Lombard School

Culture:

French

Accession Number:

4389-055

Genre:

costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
illuminations (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Middle Gothic: 1320-1380: Dress: Women

Source Creator:

Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen

Source Title:

History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 2

Source Created:

New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975

Call Number:

GT513 +B87 2 (LC)

Orbis Barcode:

39002051938489

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Paris, France: Bibliotheque Nationale de France

OID:

10596363

PID:

digcoll:1804388