The Purple Files / The Florence Files







La Biblioteca
Purple Files & Florence Files Library:
Bibliography and Links - compliled by La Signora Onorata Katerina da Brescia.
Books:
  • Agnes Geijer ,A history of textile art, London. Pasold Research Fund in association with Sotheby Parke Bernet. Totowa, N.J. : distributed by Biblio Distribution Center, 1979 (This was from the ANU library.- thanks to Mistress Oonagh)
  • Ajmar-Wollheim, Marta & Dennis, Flora (ed). At Home in Renaissance Italy. V&A Publications London, 2006. ISBN: 10 1 85177 488 2.
  • Alberti, Leon Battista (Renee Neu Watkins trans). I Libri della famiglia (The Family in Renaissance Florence : Books 1-3). Waveland Press, Inc. 2004. ISBN: 1 57766 335 7.
  • Alcega, Juan.The Tailor's Pattern Book, 1589 Facimile, Ruth Bean, Carlton, Bedford, 1979.
  • Anderson, Ruth Mathilde. Hispanic Costuming 1480-1520 p 215 (info supplied by
    Mistress Constanzia de Zamora via email list - thanks)*
  • Arnold, Janet Patterns of Fashion, MacMillan, London, 1985. ISBN: 0-333-38284-6 
  • Arnold Janet, Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd, Maney, Leeds, 1988, ISBN:0-901286-20-6
  • Birbari, Elizabeth Dress in Italian Painting 1460-1500 W&J Mackay Lit, Hatham, 1975
  • Brown, Pauline. The Encyclopedia of Embroidery Techniques.  New Burlington Books, London. 2002. ISBN: 1-86155-652-7
  • Bruker, Gene A. Renaissance Florence. University of California Press. Berkely. 1983 (reprint). ISBN:m0-520-04695-1
  • Cook, Brigit M. Practicle Skills in bobbin lace. Dover Publications, NY. 1997 (reprint). ISBN: 0-486-25561-1
  • Crowfoot E, Pritchard F & Staniland K, Textiles and Clothing 1150-1450, Boydell Press, Woodridge, 2001 (ed) ISBN: 0-85115-840-4
  • Currie, Elizabeth. Inside the Renaissance House. V&A Publications, London, 2006. 10 1 85177 490 6.
  • Emlyn-Jones, Gwen. Glove Making The Art and Craft. Lacis Publications, Berkley. 1974.
    ISBN: 1-891656-54-6
  • Fennel Mazzoui, Maureen. The Italian Cotton Industry in the Later Middles Ages 1100-1600, Cambridge University press, 1981. (thanks to Galiana de Baiona).
  • Fossi, Gloria, Uffizi Gallery: The Official Guide all of the works, Firenze Musei, Giunti, Florence, 2000 ISBN: 88-09-01487-1
  • Frick, Carole Collier. Dressing Renaissance Florence.: Families Fortunes & Clothing. John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 2002. ISBN: 0-8018-6939-0
  • German Renaissance Patterns for Embroidery: A Facsimile copy of Nicolas Bassee's New Modelbuch of 1568. Curious Works Press, Texas. 1994. ISBN: 0-9633331-4-3
  • Gostelow, Mary Blackwork, Dover, New York ,1998, ISBN 0-486-40178-2
  • Gre, Fancis & Neergaard, Margrethe de. Shoes and Pattens. Museum of London. Boydell Press. 2001. ISBN: 0-85115-838-2
  • Hummel, Edith M. You Can Make Your Own Gloves. Fairchild Publishing Co., 194?
  • Humphrey, Peter. Painting in Renaissance Venice, Yale University, 1995. ISBN: 0-300-06247-8
  • Jean Hunisett Period Costume for Stage and Screen (medieval- 1500 & 1500-1800)
  • Jones, Ann Rosalind & Stallybrass, Peter. Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory. Cambridge University Press. 2003. ISBN: 0-521-78663-0
  • Kohler, Carl, A History of Costume, Dover Publications, NY,1963, ISBN: 486-21030-8
  • Kovesi Killerby, Catherine, Sumptuary Law in Italy 1200-1500, Oxford University Press. NY. 2002. ISBN:0-19-924793-5
  • Konig, Eberhard, Masters of Italian Art: Carravaggio, Konemann, Cologne, 1998,ISBN: 3-8290-0243-2
  • L'Abito della Granduchessa; Vesti di corte di Madonne nel Palazzo Reale di Pisa. Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, Pisa. 
  • Levey, Santina & Payne, Patricia Le Pompe: Patterns for Venetian Bobbin Lace, Ruth Bean, Bedford. 1983. ISBN: 0 903585 16 2
  • Lourvre: The Visit. Editions de la Reunion de Musees antionaux, Paris. 1997. ISBN:2-7118-3472-7
  • Mikhaila, Ninya & Malcolm-Davies, Jane. The Tudor Tailor. BT Batsford.London. 2006. ISBN:0 7134 8985 5
  • Nourry, Claude & de Saincte Louie, Pierre. Patterns Embroidery: Early 16thCentury. Lacis. Berkley. 1999. ISBN: 1-891656-16-3
  • Orsi Landini, Roberta & Niccoli, Bruna. La Moda a Fioenze 1540-1580. Pagliai Polistampa, Firenze, 2005. ISBN: 88-8304-867-9
  • Phillips, Clare. Jewelry From Antiquity to the Present. Thames & Hudson. London. 1996. ISBN: 0-500-20287-7
  • Piponnier, Francoise & Mane, Perrine Dress in the Middle Ages, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1997. ISBN: 0-300-08691-1
  • Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace Volume 1. William Heinemann, London. 1913 available on line at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html
  • Rosenthal, Margaret F, The Honest Courtesan, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992 ISBN; 0-226-72812-9
  • Rutt, Richard. A History of Hand Knitting. Interweave Press. 1987. ISBN: 1-931499-37-3
  • Snook, Barbara, English Embroidery, Bell & Hyman, London, 1974
  • Stanton, David (trans). Lotto. Electa/Art Books International, Milan. 1996. ISBN:1-874044-17-1
  • Tinagli, Paola. Women in Italian Renaissance Art; Gender Representation Identity.  Manchester University Press, 1997. ISBN: 0 7190 4054 X
  • Thorton, Peter. The Italian Renaissance Interior 1400-1600. Harry N. Adams INc, NY. 1991. ISBN: 0-8109-3459-0
  • Veccellio, Cesare. Vecellio's renaissance Costume Book. Dover Publications. NY. 1977. ISBN: 0 48623441X
  • Weiditz, Authentic Everyday dress of the Renaissance, (Trachtenbuch) Dover Publications NY. 1994. ISBN: 0-486-27975-8
  • Willet, C. & Cunnington, Phillis, A History of Underclothes, Dover Publications, NY, 1992, ISBN: 0-486-27124-2
  • (Life in Tudor age)**
Periodicals:
  • Gloves by Marie de Lyon Lochac A&S suppliment Issue #2, Dec XXXII p28
  • Marie De Lyon: notes from Festival Glove Collegium, XXXIX
  • Well in Hand article from "Handmade" magazine Winter 1990, p86
  • Medieval and Renaissance Eyeglasses, The Complete Anachronist, July 1982.

Web Sites:

Florence

  • Festive Attyre: http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/secondflor/portfolio.html
  • Italy guides.it (Uffuzzi) http://www.italyguides.it/us/florence/uffizi_gallery.htm
  • Italy guides.it (interactive map of Florence) http://www.italyguides.it/us/florence/interactive_map_of_florence/map_of_florence.php
  • Medici Archive Project: www.medici.org/  (1/06)
  • Palazzo Vecchio: Commune of Florence http://www.comune.firenze.it/servizi_pubblici/arte/musei/a.htm
  • Virtual Panoramas of Florence: http://www.italyguides.it/us/florence/florence_italy.htm
  • Web Gallery: Medici portraits by Bronzino. http://www.kfki.hu/~/arthp/html/b/bronzino/1/index.html
  • World of Words:  Florio's 1598 Italian/English Dictionary.  on  Greg Lindahl's Renaissance Dance website:  http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/florio1598/florio_1598.pdf 
Accessori - Accessories:
  • The Glove Website http:/www.glove.org/
  • Vintage Sewing (gloves, 1950s) http://www.vintagesewing.info/1950s/50-hmg/hmg-toc.html
  • Gloves in period The Ultimate Costuming site http://www.huscarl.com/costume/accessories/gloves/htm#HistoryoftheGlove 5/8/00
  • La Mode Francaise - historical note on gloves http://www.lamodefrancaise.tm.fr/anglais/culture/historiques/gants.htm
  • Gloves http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/clothing_books_msg.html
  • Making Rose Petal Beads. By Margritte of Ravenscroft Http://www.mindspring.com/maclain.home.mindspring.com (7/03)
  • Making Rose Petal beads by Dianne Merrill. Http://www.thebeadsite.com/rose3 (4/04)
  • Fans in Museums http://www.angelfire.com/retro/thefansite/index.html (7/03)
  • Lady Dianotto’s Costume in Renaissance http://www.ladydianottos.com (7/03)
  • Fans of Elizabeth 1 of England (from Inventory) http://www.angelfire.com/retro/thefansite/text/renaissance.html (7/03)
  • A Ruff Calculation: http://costume.dm.net/ruffcalc.htm.
  • Making an Elizabethan Ruff: http://costume.dm.net/ruffmake.htm
  • How to make an Elizabethan ruff: http://www.reddawn.net/costume/ruff.ht
  • Italian Renaissance hair taping http://www.mfgraffix.com/hird/faoilt/style1.html 
  • The medieval beadwork page http://www.medievalbeads.com/docs/docs-16th.html
  • Tudor and Elizabethan Coifs http://www:dnaco.net/~aleed/corsets/headwear/coif/html (9/8/00)
  • Constructing an Elizabethan Caul http://costume.dm.net/headwear/caulmake.html (9/8/00, confirmed 2/7/03)
  • 16th Century Cauls, Hairnets and Snoods. http://costume.dm.net/headwear/snood.html (2/7/03)

General Renaissance
  • Renaissance Tailor: Demonstrations: Stockings: http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_stockings.htm (revisited 23/7/03)
  • Extant Originals - Europe:  http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/obsah.htm
Period Books/Documents
  • Diego de Freyle's Pattern Book (The Renaissance Tailor). www.vertetsable.com/research_freyle.html
  • Digital Archive of Books: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html
  • Il Libro del Sarto or Milanese Tailors Handbook.  http://www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/pages/f100V.html
  • Medici Archive Project: www.medici.org/  (1/06)
  • Milanese Tailors Handbook. www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/
  • Modern History Sourcebook: William Harrison (1534-1593): Description Of Elizabethan England, 1577 from Holinshed's Chronicles) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html
  • Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace Volume 1. William Heinemann, London. 1913 available on line at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html
  • Stubbes on Ruffs (contemporary commentary) http://costume.dm.net/stubbes.html
Museums & Auction Houses:
  • ACADEMY CARRARA Bergamo- The Other Venice. www.accademiacarrara.bergamo.it/ 
  • Bayerisches National Museum. www.gilindex.de/bilder/     Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur.  www.bildindex.de/
  • Bath Museum of Costume: http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/
  • Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur.  www.bildindex.de/
  • Cleveland Museum of Art http://www.clevelandart.org/Explore/work.asp?searchText=1950.352&recNo=0&view=more
  • Christies Auction House: www.christies.com
  • Diversarum nationum habitus - http://www.istitutodatini.it/biblio/images/riccard/12886/htm/vol1.htm
  • Firenze Musei: http://www.comune.firenze.it/servizi_pubblici/arte/musei/a.htm
  • Kress Foundation:  www.kressfoundation dot org
  • LACMA Collections online: http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record&key=13756
  • LACMA: Los Angeles County Mueseum of Art: Boissard, Jean Jacques, Habitus Variorum Orbis Gentium, 1581. http://www.lacma.org/   http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record&id=151369&type=101
  • Manchester Gallery of Costume www.manchestergalleries.com
  • Medici Archive Project: www.medici.org/  (1/06)
  • Metopolitan Museum of New York. http://www.metmuseum.org/
  • Met Special Topics page/ The Chopine. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd//chop/hd_chop.htm
  • MFA Boston. Muesum of Fine Arts. www.mfa.org/
  • Museum of Costume - gloves http://www.medievalbeads.com/docs/items/13th-gloves.html
  • National Gallery, London. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk 
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.nga.gov/
  • The State Hermitage Museum Digital COllection http://www.hermitage.ru or http://www.hermitagemuseum.org - search Textiles Italy(?)
  • V&A Museum-  http://www.vam.ac.uk/
  • V&A Access to Images. http://images.van.ac.uk/
  • The Virtual Uffuzi. http://www.arca.net/uffizi1/artisti.asp
  • WebMuseum, Paris. ( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bronzino/garcia.jpg )
  • Warwickshire Museum Website www.datavista.co.uk
  • Commission for Looted Art in Europe: http://www.lootedartcommission.com/lootedart_pressreleases.htm
Archeological sewing
  • Archeological Sewing by Heather Rose Jones (2001) http://heatherrosejones.com/archaeologicalsewing/index.html (new adsottana: 8/06)
  • Archive of Stitches from Extant Textiles. www.bayrose.org
  • Carlson, Marc Some Clothing of the Middle Ages. www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/hose.html (24/5/03)
  • Sewing Stitches Used in Medieval Clothing: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm

Web Galleries
  • Goldsword Gallery SFarmer: http://epee.goldsword.com/sfarmer/SCA/Paintings/
  • Orazio Centaro Art Images on the Web: www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/images/
  • Olga's Gallery. www.abcgallery.com
  • Web Gallery of Art: http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/
Textiles & Embroidery:
  • All About Fabrics - Dictionary. http://allaboutfabrics.com
  • Before you start to Smock: www.geocities.com?Wellesley/3351/smkstch2.htm?200830
  • The Art of Textiles by Alberto Tagliabue http://www.thais.it/arti_minori/tessuto/italiano/Italiano2.htm
  • The Art of Textiles - definitions: http://www.thais.it/arti_minori/tessuto/glossario_uk.htm
  • BayRose. (website by Savinra de la Bere.) http://www.bayrose.org/needlework/Shading-1.pdf
  • The Needles Excellency A New Booke. (downloadable) http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/bookshelf/details.html?bookid=25
  • Oriental Costumes Their Designs and Colors http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/tilke/title.html
  • Worshipful Company of Broiderers (Lochac) article. http://www.sca.org.au/broiderers/Docs/bunnies.pdf
Garb Diaries & Personal Websites:
  • 16th Century Persian Women's Clothing http://fenris.net/~lizyoung/16thCePers/16thCePersian.html
  • A Reconstructed Chemise by Kass McGann http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/beginners/chemise.html 5/11/03
  • The Art Of Turkish Textiles http://www.turkishculture.org/fabrics_patterns/fabrics.html
  • Bronwen's Blackwork Library. http://costume.dm.net/blackwork/
  • Carlson, Marc: Some Clothing of the Middle Ages. www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/hose.html (24/5/03)
  • Caerleon, Megge,Medieval Women’s Hose: www.antir.com/meghan/hose.html (revisited: 22/7/03)
  • Caerleon, Megge, Tempus Peregrinator's Sewing & Garb Accessories Site: Bag Stockings http://www.pipcom.com/~tempus/sewing/legs_bsocks.html (revisited: 22/7/03)
  • Caitlin's Public Gallery.  http://picasaweb.google.com/SalviCait/CosutmeNellaPittura
  • Chausses and Braies: www.randyasplund.com/browse/medieval/chausse1.html (3/11/02)
  • Elizabethan Costume Page http://costume.dm.net/bath/bathsmock1front.jpg
  • Enforcing Statutes of apparel http://thrednedlestrete.com/proclamations/sumpt21oct1559.htm
  • Extreme Costuming.  http://www.extremecostuming.com/articles/militarycassocks.html
  • Festive Attyre: Gallery. homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/secondflor/portfolio.html
  • From Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes website. http://renaissance.dm.net/sumptuary/ (revisited 28/7/03)
  • Historical Shoe designs: Footed hose (14th -16th C): www.bm.com/~lindahl/carlson/SHOES/SHOES54.HTM (31/3/98)
  • "How much yardage is enough" Susan Reed, 1994. http://patriot.net/~nachtanz/SReed/fabuse.html
  • How to make an easy Italian chemise - Festive Attyre (May, 2005) homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre
  • McGann, Kass, The Carnamoyle Stockings — Irish Wool Stockings from the 16th Century  http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/stocai.html (24/5/03)
  • Kenton, Donna Flood. Hand Knit Hose. 1998: www.dabbler.com/ndlwrk/stocking.html (5/8/00, revisited 22/7/03)
  • Late Period Outerwear.  http://www.employees.org/~cathy/cote_body.html
  • Leed, Drea The Well Dress'd Peasant:16th C Flemish Workingwomen's Dress, Costume & Dressmaker Press, Trinidad, Colarado, 2000
  • Olga's Gallery. www.abcgallery.com
  • Oonagh's Own http://www.geocities.com/oonaghsown/
  • Oonagh's Own Accessories: http://www.geocities.com/curvess2000/accessories.htm
  • Resources - Aneala - by Alessandra Torrigiani d'Arezzo: http://aneala.sca.org.au/arts/ATPianelle.html
  • Suggested Yardages for Elizabethan Garments by Drae Leed. http://costume.dm.net/yardages.html# (29/5/03)
  • Tying the Turban www.davina.org/turban/sample2.html
  •  http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/miscellany_pdf/Other_Articles_V_Turban.pdf
  • The Renaissance Tailor http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_gloves.htm
  • Who wears What I: Enforcing Statutes of Apparel Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws http://renaissance.dm.net/sumptuary/
  • The Zen of spiral lacing http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/lacing/lacing.html








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