04-11-2011, 09:08 PM
Hullo all,
I thought I'd post a picture of a new tunic made for Mike boyd. He wanted a tunic which would reflect a level of embellishment for a lower ranked Miles of the early 4th century. I took some of the ideas about crossover of tunic types from the 3rd and 4th century mortuary and military contexts and attempted to highlight a crossover in the styles with a design which could have been suitable for a garment in between everyday work wear and the 'sunday best' or parade tunic. I have used some of the Simon James imagery of simple embellishment for the tunic of the Miles at Dura and also some of the more common shapes used in woven clavii and shield designs of the period.
This is a fully hand stitched tunic and hand appliqued and embellished decoration, the blue embroidery thread is dyed with indigo.
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I thought I'd post a picture of a new tunic made for Mike boyd. He wanted a tunic which would reflect a level of embellishment for a lower ranked Miles of the early 4th century. I took some of the ideas about crossover of tunic types from the 3rd and 4th century mortuary and military contexts and attempted to highlight a crossover in the styles with a design which could have been suitable for a garment in between everyday work wear and the 'sunday best' or parade tunic. I have used some of the Simon James imagery of simple embellishment for the tunic of the Miles at Dura and also some of the more common shapes used in woven clavii and shield designs of the period.
This is a fully hand stitched tunic and hand appliqued and embellished decoration, the blue embroidery thread is dyed with indigo.
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Claire Marshall
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