Description
THE CUT & CONSTRUCTION OF FARTHINGALES c.1475-1625
1-Day Course – Sunday 8th December
Using reconstructed farthingales in the classroom this course will introduce students to the materials, cut and construction of farthingales that later developed in to 18th century hoops. These structured petticoats were stiffened with a variety of applied hoops which gave the petticoat or the skirt of a gown a stable support.
Samplers will be worked in modern versions of period appropriate materials.
TUTOR – Paweł Tomaszewski
£125 full price / £85 concession price
10am to 6pm – with a vegetarian lunch and drinks included.
The course will take place at The School of Historical Dress, 52 Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7PP.
Places are non-refundable unless we can re-sell your place. This is the only way we can keep our class sizes small to give each student enough tuition (6 to 8 students per class).
