Woven girdles

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The woven ribbons shown here are all for use as girdles (belts).

A tablet woven girdle in blue and red silk, for Ninya Mikhaila / The Tower of London. The blue section of the girdle has a 'striped' appearance, created by threading the tablets in different directions.

Thanks to Ninya for allowing use of her photographs.

This silk girdle was woven for an exhibition at the Royal Amouries, Leeds, of Gawain and the Green Knight. The pattern weave is based on an extant 14c girdle, with the addition of two golden stripes to depict the 'gold' mentioned in the poem.

The lovely fittings are by Lionheart Reproductions.

This silk tablet woven ribbon is a possible reconstruction of a fifteenth century silk girdle, which unfortunately was recorded as missing in 1996. (Reference to the original in Ilse Fingerlin, Gurtel des hohen und spaten Mittelalters, 1971)

Details of the weave used can be found in my publication 'Tablet Weaving; Narrow Girdles', published by Soper Lane

A tablet woven girdle in hand dyed silks, for Ninya Mikhaila / The Tower of London. The design is loosely based on Durer's Melancolia engraving. This girdle was commissioned along with the drawstring purse which can be seen here, for use during education sessions at the Tower.

The completed costume can be seen here - its an adorable costume and worth a look!

Early Medieval tablet woven trim (new)
Luton Museum Gold & Silver ribbon reconstruction
Taplow band: Wool and brocaded gold plate tablet weave
Deventer ribbon, circa 1370
17th century silk ribbon & picot braid trim reconstructions
Silk, two colour, woven hatband ribbon
Woven medieval style wide girdles (updated)
Woven narrow girdles
Organic fibre woven upholstery trims