1500 Stitches: diverse arts of Margaret Wolseley

Dressing Children in Historic Garb

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Margaret and Giovan have three children: William, Edward, and Henry. In an effort to introduce them to the diversity of cultures represented by participants in the Society for Creative Anachronism, Margaret has created clothing from a wide range of cultures and timeperiods:

Norse in 1000, based on archaeological finds from Birka, Sweden and elsewhere

English 1500, based on Henry VIII as a child

Greenland 1350-1400, based on archaeological find from Herjolfsnaes, Greenland known as a "G63"

Turkish 16th Century