Fencing Doublet, ca. 1580, Western European, Leather, silk, linen, cotton, Costumes, This doublet is a rare example of sixteenth-century male clothing, very little of which has survived. The cut of the doublet, particularly the protruding 'peascod' waist, is typical of fashionable costume of the 1570s and 1580s.
Fencing Doublet, ca. 1580, Western European, Leather, silk, linen, cotton, Costumes, This doublet is a rare example of sixteenth-century male clothing, very little of which has survived. The cut of the doublet, particularly the protruding 'peascod' waist, is typical of fashionable costume of the 1570s and 1580s