So far, the following pages say most everything that I feel about the Viking 'Apron' Dress, especially Cathy Raymond's page.
Terminology: The So-Called 'Viking' Apron Dress ******
by Cathy Raymond
Norse Apron Dresses - One Interpretation ******
by Lady Nastassiia Ivanova Medvedeva
'Apron' Dress / VAD
My research and links on the VAD can found on my 'Apron' Dress / VAD page.
Tables and Comparisons by Rebecca Lucas
Medieval-Baltic: Notes on the "Apron Dress":
Apron and underdress textiles (2-page, PDF)*****
by Rebecca Lucas / Rebecca Le Get
"A table of all of the graves I could find [PDF, 42 Kb], when I was asked about women wearing only a linen underdress with an apron dress over the top, and what material the dress loop-straps were made of. The majority of the graves appear to have evidence pointing towards women having linen straps, even when their apron dress is made of wool. It is tempting to suggest this was intentional, and the linen straps perhaps blended in with the linen dress worn underneath?"
On the Open-Fronted Apron-Dress, Pinned Underneath the Bust, and the Evidence from Birka (4-page, PDF)****
by Ffride Wlffsdotter / Rebecca Lucas / Rebecca Le Get
July 2012
Table:
- "Grave number Bj."
- "Preserved dress-straps and tool-straps"[with 2 main sub categories and each has additional 2 sub categories]
-- Oval brooch I ( Upper loop, Lower loop)
-- Oval brooch II ( Upper loop, Lower loop)
- "Re-interpretation and fitting of the evidence" [with 4 sub categories]
Strap combination, Loops added to Brooch I, Loops added to Brooch II, Costumeform
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"Grave contained an outer garment (Hägg, Grave number 1974)"
Non-'Apron' Dresses for Viking Female
Once I complete my VAD clothing, jewelry and leather items I look forward to making female Viking clothing from other regions and time periods, especially the Eura Dress and Peplos. Ideally, I would like to make a range of female Viking 'Apron' Dress interpretations and the Eura Dress and Peplos with the appropriate jewelry and other items.
- Norse Apron Dress *** NEW
Norse Apron Dress: 10c Scandanavia *** NEW
by
Drifa's Trim Box
- Eura Dress
Viking Age Finland:
Study and Recreation of the Eura Dress (27-page PDF)
by Oonagh Bhan (
Kingdom of the West)
Pennsic 38 Arts and Sciences Exhibit
July-August, 2009
- Birka
On the Open-Fronted Apron-Dress, Pinned Underneath the Bust, and the Evidence from Birka (4-page, PDF)
by Ffride Wlffsdotter / Rebecca Lucas / Rebecca Le Get
July 2012
Birka nu. Pågående forskning om världsarvet Birka och Hovgården (228-page, PDF, 15 papers)
- "Birkaflickans nya kläder" by Linda Wåhlander, Amica Sundström & Sebastian K.T.S. Wärmländer (pp. 173-198)
Viking Woman's Dress at Birka: A Reconstruction by Archaeological Methods (Google Books) *
by Inga Hägg
- in "Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe" (Google Books)
An exceptional woman from Birka *
by Eva Andersson Strand and Ulla Mannering
Die Textilefunde aus dem Hafen von Haithabu (1984) (file) *
by Inga Hägg
- information on a Hedeby fragment
* titles suggested by Jenn Cullen
- Peplos
Finnish Peplos Dress (1-page PDF)
From Viking to Crusader: Scandinavia and Europe 800-1200. Roesdahl, Else and Wilson, David M. (Editors). Rizzoli. p 67.
"Page 67, Fig. 5. Female clothing reconstructed on the basis of the finds from a grave in Luistari, Eura, Finland (cat. no. zoo). It represents Finnish fashion at the beginning of the 11th cent. All the articles of clothing are of wool and the details are copied from the finds in one grave. The reconstructed dress is as similar as possible to the original; for example, the yarn was spun as the original and dyed with vegetable dyes. The basic design of the garment was the same throughout the Finnish area. The archaic dress, known as the Greek peplos, was used in both west and east Finland. The chain-decorations with round brooches and spiral-ornamented apron are also important elements which distinguish the Viking Age Finnish female dress from the Scandinavian."
- Finnish
Study of Ancient Costumes
by Pirkko-Liisa Lehtosalo-Hilander
Reconstruct the past
on Virtual University
UNDER DRESS
Viking Women: Underdress
by Hilde Thunem
Woman's Underdress
from Hholyort.net/projects
Various
Simple Viking Clothing for Women (5-page PDF)
Being a guide for SCA-folk who desire to clothe themselves in a simple but reasonably accurate Viking fashion, to do honor to the reign of King Thorson and Queen Svava.
by Duchess Marieke van de Dal
Viking Dames tunieken (6-page PDF)
by Tjursläkter
Inspiration
Katafalk – Cathrin Åhlén [Blog & FaceBook, Pinterest]
- Her sewing skills are breathtaking. She also makes her own leather (and wood) period shoes and the wooden shoe lasts needed to make the shoes! Take a look at her Tumblr and Pinterest pages for inspiration and her LONG list of great tutorials. The tutorials include a long list of pre-1600 clothing and items as well as modern items and sewing tips.
Embroidered Embellishment (Clothing Edition)
by Lookingglassandkey.blogspot.ca
Roman Clothing II: Women (Part I)
by Barbara F. McManus
NOTES
Please see my Sewing Tips, Stitches and Seams, and Textile Decorations pages for tips, suggestions and links.
* The abbreviation that I use for the Viking 'Apron' Dress (VAD) is my own shorthand for my website.
ex·tant - adjective: in existence : still existing : not destroyed or lost
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