Quebec archival documents are a rich source for costume and textile descriptions particularly for the era of the French regime, a period for which we have no extant artifacts from which to draw costume evidence. Moreover, little costume history is available in English for this important chapter in Canada's history. In this paper, the author examines the French probate documents known as inventaires des biens, contrats de mariages, and testaments as potentially rich sources for research in Canadian costume history. Each type of document is discussed in terms of its importance and use in the lives of the early colonists, then analysed for its textile and clothing content. Examples are drawn from seventeenth and eighteenth century documents fo...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
It is evident from its presence and use in our everyday lives that textiles have been woven into our...
This study of the dress of enslaved men and women in the French Antilles is based on a critical exam...
Although there is an increasing interest in the family economy among historians studying Quebec, lit...
What we know of the manufactured textiles that were usually the largest single category in colonial ...
History of Costume : The Undiscovered Object - This article proposes a critical examination of the m...
Articles: Caveats in the Use of Corporate Literature by Costume Historians by Catherine C. Cole -- D...
Photographs are an essential component in the interpretation of costume. Patterns and designs record...
English-language printed materials located during a master's thesis research project have potential ...
Die Rechnungsführung der mittelalterlichenKönigs-und Adelspaläste ist seit langem eine bekannte und ...
In this article, the author examines the hy-pothesis that, although French in origin, the art of qui...
This dissertation delineates the development of a Best Practice Model of Living History Interpretati...
Since the reign of Juan II and especially Queen Isabel I of Castile, we have found that silk fabrics...
In this article textile remains dating to the 17th century that were uncovered in a privy at Ferryla...
Depuis quelques années, on assiste à un regain d’intérêt pour la noblesse canadienne en Nouvelle-Fra...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
It is evident from its presence and use in our everyday lives that textiles have been woven into our...
This study of the dress of enslaved men and women in the French Antilles is based on a critical exam...
Although there is an increasing interest in the family economy among historians studying Quebec, lit...
What we know of the manufactured textiles that were usually the largest single category in colonial ...
History of Costume : The Undiscovered Object - This article proposes a critical examination of the m...
Articles: Caveats in the Use of Corporate Literature by Costume Historians by Catherine C. Cole -- D...
Photographs are an essential component in the interpretation of costume. Patterns and designs record...
English-language printed materials located during a master's thesis research project have potential ...
Die Rechnungsführung der mittelalterlichenKönigs-und Adelspaläste ist seit langem eine bekannte und ...
In this article, the author examines the hy-pothesis that, although French in origin, the art of qui...
This dissertation delineates the development of a Best Practice Model of Living History Interpretati...
Since the reign of Juan II and especially Queen Isabel I of Castile, we have found that silk fabrics...
In this article textile remains dating to the 17th century that were uncovered in a privy at Ferryla...
Depuis quelques années, on assiste à un regain d’intérêt pour la noblesse canadienne en Nouvelle-Fra...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
It is evident from its presence and use in our everyday lives that textiles have been woven into our...
This study of the dress of enslaved men and women in the French Antilles is based on a critical exam...