page_title: Gambeson
hierarchical_section_title: Gambeson
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Onbekend, Herenkolder, 1660-1670, Centraal Museum. Deze kolder is een van de weinige zeventiende-eeuwse kledingstukken in een Nederlandse museumcollectie. Leer of textiel was voor velen een kostbaar bezit. Dat is de reden dat kleding werd doorgedragen tot het tot op de draad was versleten. Of het materiaal werd hergebruikt. Het is daarom bijzonder dat deze jas van dik leer bewaard is gebleven en dat in een uitzonderlijk goede conditie. English: Men’s Buff coat (Gambeson), ca. 1660-1670. Collection Centraal Museum, Utrecht. Photo: Centraal Museum, Utrecht / Dea Rijper
context_page_description: A gambeson is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armor separately, or combined with mail or plate armor. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting. They were usually constructed of linen or wool; the stuffing varied, and could be for example scrap cloth or horse hair. During the 14th century, illustrations usually show buttons or laces up the front.
  An arming doublet worn under armor, particularly plate armor of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, contains arming points for attaching plates. Fifteenth century examples may include goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armor arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armor doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh. In late fifteenth century Italy this also became a civilian fashion. Men who were not knights wore arming doublets, probably because the garment suggested status and chivalry.
context_section_description: A gambeson (also aketon, padded jack or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armor separately, or combined with mail or plate armor. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting. They were usually constructed of linen or wool; the stuffing varied, and could be for example scrap cloth or horse hair. During the 14th century, illustrations usually show buttons or laces up the front.
  An arming doublet (also called aketon) worn under armor, particularly plate armor of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, contains arming points for attaching plates. Fifteenth century examples may include goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armor arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armor doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh. In late fifteenth century Italy this also became a civilian fashion. Men who were not knights wore arming doublets, probably because the garment suggested status and chivalry.
caption: Men's Gambeson, c. 1660–1670. Collection Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
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