late medieval wool chaperon the knight 15th centur Size:L The coarse hand-stitched seams lend

The coarse hand-stitched seams lend the armour a rough

The length of the baldric is also adjustable

The belt loops are beautifully decorated with knot motifs

and historical reenactment alike

late medieval wool chaperon the knight 15th centur Size:L The coarse hand-stitched seams lendThe 15th century headdress is based on a painting from 1430 by the great late medieval painter Jan van Eyck: Man with the Blue Chaperon. Jan van Eyck painted several portraits of people wearing a chaperon, a common headdress in the Middle Ages. A well known example is Portrait of a Man with a Red Turban , which is probably a self portrait. In this painting, Van Eyck employed the chaperon as a turban. The chaperon was a hood that fell to the shoulders