Virgin and Child
- Published/Created:
- ca. 1200-1299
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
500 AD - 1499 AD - Materials:
- alabaster
- Notes:
- This kirtle is wide and extremely long. The heavy gold belt with embossed decoration hangs in the classic manner of the period.
- 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)
Sculpture -- Spain -- 13th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Gothic (Medieval)
- Culture:
- Spanish
- Accession Number:
- 4389-027
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
sculpture: statues (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - 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
- 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)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Toledo, Spain: Catedral de S. Maria de Toledo
- OID:
- 10596335
- PID:
- digcoll:1823516