Abbey Church (Pomposa, Italy): Fresco: S. Eustace Weeping (?)

Creator:

Vitale da Bologna, ca. 1309-1359

Published/Created:

ca. 1350

Date Depicted:

1975
500 AD - 1499 AD

Materials:

fresco

Notes:

A loosely belted cote-hardie with sleeve seams left open from elbow to wrist.

Abstract:

The cote-hardie, a princess-like garment, is the important new gown of the period. It is fitted smoothly through the torso. Quite long, it often falls on the floor as much as a foot in front and trails even longer in back. In common with the man's cote-hardie, it has a center-front opening which is buttoned or laced. In the skirt there are two plackets (small hand openings) called fischets. They are used to lift the skirt for walking and to reach an inner purse which is attached to the belt of the kirtle. Sleeves are cut to the elbow; the tippet is the hanging end. Sometimes the tippet is made by adding a fabric extension to the sleeve. The neckline is low and horizontal for the first time in hundreds of years. The women's version of the cyclas is the first jumper. It is sleeveless, narrower than the kirtle which is underneath, and floor length or longer. The neckline is low and round.

Topics:

Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC)
Painting -- Italy -- 14th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Gothic (Medieval)

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

4389-030

Genre:

costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
paintings: frescoes (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Early Gothic: 12th-14th century: 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

OID:

10596338

PID:

digcoll:1805224