Fashion — Tudor; 1555-1565
Jerkin
This youth's dark brown leather jerkin (a type of jacket) is decorated with vertical and diagonal scored bands and diamond, heart and star pinking. It is fastened with decorative pewter buttons that imitate buttons made from worked silk or gilt thread over a wooden core. Such practical and decorative garments were highly fashionable from the mid-1500s: and those made from Spanish leather were particularly prized. Thefts were common and, in 1554, John Porter stole a fine 'jerkyn of buckes leather' from the Tottenham home of John Stooe. Jerkins were worn by both men and boys but by the late 1500s were also popular with women.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 36.237
- Object name:
- jerkin
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- Production date:
- Tudor; 1555-1565
- Material:
leather, lead alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- H 495 mm (centre front overall), H 70 mm (collar), H 90 mm (tab, centre front), H 560 mm (centre back), W 450 mm (shoulders), W 490 mm (overall), W 70 mm (wings, from armhole), D 305 mm (max) (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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