Thanks for the highlighted Cary Sheet Marco!
I'm puzzled by how you coloured the Bagatto's arm - you know it is
firmly and absolutely established, and that no-one can contradict, that the top part is a monkey's hand, holding on to the shoulder of the magician ;)
Image courtesy of Michael Hurst
marco wrote:
When can we say that poulaines disappeared in France?
I haven't been able to pin down a date yet. I can't find any images of Louis XI or his court (1461-1483) wearing them, but I don't have a great selection.
On the other hand, in the Duchy of Burgundy they seem to have been very much in fashion through Philippe le Bon's time (1419-1467).
http://www.rosscaldwell.com/images/imag ... in1448.jpg
I'm trying to see if they carried on under his successor, Charles the Bold (1467-1477).
I would assume that anywhere poulaines were the fashion, they would also have pattens to match when circumstances demanded wearing them.
So as a rough guess, in France they stopped being worn around 1460, and in Burgundy (now north-eastern France) with the end of the Duchy in 1477. Judging by the Hausbuch, they were still popular in Germany (bordering Burgundy) in 1480. I can't confidently guess when they stopped being worn in Germany.