Woven medieval style wide girdles

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The silk girdles shown here are all for use as 'wide girdles', worn by women during the fifteenth century.

One of the most intricate piece of tablet weaving I have worked on. The band is based on an extant girdle currently in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum.

The design has been simplified slightly; my prime objective was to try to replicate the technique. The pattern is so subtle that it can only be seen in certain lights. This is also true of the original - photographs only just show the design that has been created.

This filament silk yarn tablet woven girdle is woven using a warp manipulation technique. The inspiration for this girdle is the dark green/blue one worn by Mary Magdelen in Rogier Van Der Weyden's painting of her reading.

The silk was hand dyed using brazilwood, and the buckle and strap end are of brass.

Again using the same technique as above, this girdle is 3.5cm wide.

The fine silk results in a very thin, fine piece of weaving.

This version was tablet woven using a classic weave with tablets idling to create the pattern. This girdle used filament silk yarn, which creates as thicker band than those shown above.

The brass fittings for this girdle are by Annie the Pedlar.

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