{"product_id":"finished-garment-violet-changeable-silk-taffeta-french-gown-as-featured-in-the-typical-tudor-copy","title":"Finished costume - Silk damask gown, silk satin kirtle with jewelled neckline and strapwork sleeves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• Finished garment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• Tudor Tailor exclusive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eStunning Tudor style French gown, kirtle and matching sleeves based on documentary evidence for the clothing made for Margaret Douglas in the royal household in 1531.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eSuitable for an elite or royal lady from 1520 to the 1530s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe kirtle is made from 100 per cent silk duchess satin and lined with black linen. The bodies are stiffened with paste buckram and lace at both sides, making the garment adjustable to fit a range of sizes. The neckline is decorated with 26 sets of Tudor Tailor exclusive 'Anne Boleyn' style gold-plated jewels alternated with pairs of Czech glass pearls. The hem is bound with a strip of the same silk satin. The matching separate satin foresleeves tie into the gown and are created with multiple rows of strips of crimson satin which are twisted and laid over black silk satin. The rows are caught down at intervals with narrow bands of crimson silk satin to give a puffed appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe gown is made from 100 per cent silk damask which was originally used to make a French gown for a costumed guide at Hampton Court Palace. That gown was subsequently worn by Jane Malcolm-Davies when she portrayed Anne Lowther at Tudor Tailor promotion events. Finally the gown was completely unpicked by Nottingham Trent University costume degree student Eleanor Soulsby and the damask reused to make the gown listed here. Consequently the skirt is pieced (see photo) - a very common Tudor practice! \u003cspan dir=\"auto\" class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\"\u003eProfessor Suzannah Lipscomb wore the ensemble for a Channel 5 Select television series called ‘Walking Tudor England’ in 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe gown is lined with black linen and the hem is bound with a cotton velvet guard. The large box pleats at the top of the skirt have been 'stuffed' or padded. All finishing is by hand and there is no visible machine stitching on the inside or outside. The bodies fasten at the front with handworked eyelets and a separate placard, or stomacher, pins over the top. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDespite its long history the gown is in excellent condition. The only damage is a couple of places at the upper arms where the silk became a little worn and had to be darned. The repair is barely noticeable in the patterned silk - see the last photo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrench hood, white linen coif and white linen smock are \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWaist 26in-30in (66cm-76cm) - can be laced with a 2in (5cm) gap on either side of the kirtle and up to a 4in (10cm) gap at the front of the gown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBust 32in-36in (81.5cm-91.5cm) - can be laced with a 2in (5cm) gap on either side of the kirtle\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e and up to a 4in (10cm) gap at the front of the gown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUpper arm of gown 13in (33cm) around\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSkirt length from waist to hem 45in (114cm) with a train at the back of the gown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMade for a 5' 7\" tall woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe regret that we cannot offer returns or refunds on costumes. Returns on items such as these are not very practical, particularly if shipping internationally where customs duties might be involved. Therefore, please check all measurements (both yours and those of the costume!) carefully. If you have any questions about the garments or need more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Tudor Tailor Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44230930366563,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/4076\/1187\/files\/LadyMargaret_Placard_05.jpg?v=1780329473","url":"https:\/\/shop.tudortailor.com\/products\/finished-garment-violet-changeable-silk-taffeta-french-gown-as-featured-in-the-typical-tudor-copy","provider":"The Tudor Tailor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}