Category : Arming Garments

Arming garments were necessary elements of armour. Gambesons provided hit amortization, protection against attrition from the armour and the possibility of attaching various armour parts to them. Sometimes a gambeson was the only protection for poorer men-at-arms. Apart from the protective value of the arming garments, they could play representative and identification roles. The fabric structure of the padded armour depended highly on its purpose. For example, it is most probable that archers wore thick and sturdy gambesons to be protected from arrow hits while knights often used softer and thinner padded protection under steel armour or chainmail, only to avoid bruises and abrasions. Among arming garments we can enumerate: a gambeson, a padded hose, a padded coif, a padded hood, padded gloves, a wappenrock, a cotte d'armes, an aketon.

A gambeson type 2

A gambeson with vertical seams reaching the waist (below the waist there are horizontal seams), with a collar. This gambeson is well fitted to the trunk. In the standard version, it's fastened with ov...

A gambeson type 3

A gambeson with horizontal seams below the waist, no collar. This gambeson is well fitted to the trunk. In the standard version, it's fastened with overcast stitches (tin buttons with a surcharge)....

A gambeson type 4

A gambeson with horizontal seems below the waist, no collar. This gambeson is well fitted to the trunk. In the standard version, gambeson is fastened at the front with 14 tin buttons and with 5 button...

A gambeson type 5 (quilted straight)

A long gambeson modelled on the one from Biblia Maciejowskiego. This gambeson is put on over the head and fastened with two tin buttons on the neck. On the beginings of cuts on the crotch in front and...

A gambeson type 6

A simple gambeson with vertical seems and a turn-up collar, well fitted to the trunk. In the standard version, gambeson is fastened with four leather straps (with a surcharge it can be made with overc...

A gambeson type 8

Gambeson with vertical sewings starting from the waist, without the collar.This gambeson fits well to the body. Standard version of gambeson buttoned up with 15 tin buttons. Sleeves with vertical sewi...

A quilted bonet

Worn as a padding under the Helmet....

A quilted hood

A quilted hood worn under the helmet or the chain mail bonnet.

Thickness:
Thick; 3 layers of wadding on head part; 2 layers on the shoulders' part

A quilted hood 13th century

Quilted hood sewn from four elements, worn under a chain mail bonnet or a helmet. Perfectly adjusts to various types of helmets (cervelliere, klappviser, close helmet) and thanks to its cut and seams...

A simple gambeson type 1

A simple gambeson with vertical seams, with a turn-up collar, well fitted to the trunk. In the standard version gambeson is fastened with four leather straps (with a surcharge it can be made with over...

An archer gambeson

An archer gambeson with puffed sleeves, with a collar, laced in seperate points. This gambeson is dedicated for archers. ...

An arming doublet

Garment cut in the waist, with leather strips sewn on top. The sleeves are not puffed (can be puffed with a surcharge +10 EUR). Laced with leather straps (lacing with hand-plaited linen straps with a ...

Arming doublet type 2

Doublet from the XV century, worn under armour. Doublet is thinly quilted to the lining. There is an option to order the doublet with eyelets for fastening chainmail elements (extra charge). ...

Basic gambeson type 1 (cotton)

Gambeson of a simple cut (back part made of one piece), it's shape refers to gambesons from 14th & 15th century. The outer layer is made of thick and durable cotton fabric. The gambeson is fully funct...

Binding

Made of leather, used to attach the armour. It has two eyelets with a 50cm strap pulled through. The edge has small holes to sew it on the arming garment (gambesons etc). Available colours:...

Coat of Arms Tunic

A fourteen-century outer tunic, put on an armor. The cut is our interpretation of the image from ...

Gambeson (late) type 12

Type of gambeson commonly used by soldiers around the 2nd half of XV century with typical V-shaped collar sewn into the back part. The shape of the lower edge of the gambeson is depicted on Hans Memli...

Gambeson Basic Fechtschule

Specially designed model of gambeson. Gambeson has special system of layers which guarantees maximum protection and mobility with the minimal armament used. Additionally, it protects the body from sta...

Gambeson type 10

Long, loose gambeson with a slit on the back side. Wide sleeves. Standard version of gambeson includes 4 bindings (leather straps). This gambeson can be used as the only protection or worn outside the...

Gambeson type 11 (Italian)

Long gambeson, patterned on italian iconography. Fastened with 2 tin buttons, quilted torso (horizontal zigzags), the lower part of gambeson engraved and decorated with stripes of fabric in different ...

Gambeson type 14

The main, distinctive feature of this gambeson is the lack of visible padding. All the gambeson is padded to the lining, vertically from waist to the top, and horizontally below the waist. A differen...

Gambeson type 7

Early medieval gambeson. This gambeson is padded in rhombus. Length to knee, sleeves 3/4. Without a collar. This gambeson is fastened on the shoulder. ...

Gambeson type 9 (Burgundy)

Gambeson used usually by archers or soldiers in the second half of the 15th century. Gambeson short sleeve make shooting more convenient. Standard workmanship includes 4 bindings (leather straps)....

Gambeson type Fechtschule Gdansk

Specially designed gambeson for ARMA and FEDER. Gambeson has special system of layers which guarantees maximum protection and mobility with the minimal armament used. Additionally, it protects the bod...

Long gambeson type 5 (with rhombuses)

A long gambeson modeled on the one from Biblia Maciejowskiego. Gambeson is put on over the head and fastened with two tin buttons on the neck. On the beginnings of cuts on the crotch in front and in t...

Long quilted legs

Quilted hose worn under the chain mail hose. It is with stapes....

One quilted glove

A quilted glove - left or right (please write your choice in ''additional information'') box. ...

One three fingered glove

A quilted glove with three fingers - left or right (please write your choice in ''additional information''box.
PLS0646 - LEFT
PLS0668 - RIGHT

Outer gambeson type 1

Gambeson worn on the armour. Buttoned, very thin, quilted vertically. A gambeson made of wool with linen lining. In standard, it has 15 tin buttons. Gambeson very commonly shown in the iconography. U...

Outer gambeson type 2

Outer gambeson worn on protective armament. Without sleeves. It has 16 tin buttons. The gambeson is very thin; the bottom part (from waist downwards) is padded horizontally and the upper part is padde...

Over armor tunic

This type was used in 13th and in 1st half of 14th century. The price refers to a tunic in standard version (one colour, no applications). Tunic is made of wool with linen lining. For extra charge you...

Padded jack

We make our padded jack from over a dozen layers of fabric. It has 14 layers on the corps and 8 in sleeves. This type of gambeson (or aketon) differs from the rest of our medieval arming clothes. T...

Padded tunic 13th century

Thin quilted knee-long tunic with long sleeves and vertical seams. Simple cut of this tunic is based on a civil cotte. Pulled on over the head with no additional fastenings. From the hips down it is w...

Padded tunic type 1

Quilted tunic to wear on the armour or as the only protective garment. Used in 13th and early 14th c. ...

Pourpoint of Charles de Blois

A type of padded jack based on a pourpoint of Charles de Blois, who died in 1364. ...

Quilted gloves

A pair of quilted gloves.
PMLS0182 - standard gloves
PMLS0450 - long quilted gloves

Rus kaftan

An early-medieval gambeson, inspired by clothes from Rus and northern Europe. Gambeson made of linen, with thin filling and linen lining. Knee-long, widened with gussets on the sides from hips. It has...

Rus kaftan - quilted

An early-medieval gambeson, inspired by clothes from Rus and northern Europe. Gambeson made of linen, with thin filling and linen lining. Knee-long, widened with gussets on the sides from hips.Gambeso...

Short quilted legs

Quilted protection for the thighs reaching below the knees. It can have rhombus stiched on the knees (PMLS0265, PMLR0266). ...

Three-fingered quilted gloves

A pair of three-fingered quilted medieval gloves. The gloves have cuffs. The special cut assures more mobility for hands and wrists and makes the grab of the sword more stable. Three-fingered gloves ...

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