Greensleeves Conference and Exhibition

The Greensleeves Project is an interdisciplinary collaboration headed by Tamsin Lewis FSA. Tamsin was given a grant by the Society of Antiquaries to reconstruct the clothes described in the famous Elizabethan ballad. The earliest surviving text of Greensleeves dates from 1584 and contains eighteen verses, written in a somewhat obsessive fashion, by a man who showers his would-be beloved with gifts, including many clothes. Put together, these gifts provide us with a rich resource of information on clothing, fabrics, embroidery, and other aspects of material culture. The reconstructed items of dress were made by a team of team of established historians and practitioners each taking responsibility for one or two items.

The conference will be held here at Athelhampton the location for filming of the project.

Tickets are only available from https://www.medats.org.uk/events/greensleeves/

Registration‬

10:00-10:30 Tea and coffee will be available‬

Session One

Tamsin Lewis Introducing Greensleeves

Juliet Braidwood with gold embrodered gorgeously – Making Greensleeves’ smock

Sally Pointer stockings all of silk, with golde all wrought aboue the knee (remote presentation)

Mally Ley Garters fringed with the gold

Lunch

Buffet lunch

View the exhibition

Session Two

Eva Burnett Pumps as white as was the milk – Shoes for Greensleeves

Constance McKenzie Petticoats of the best – Making the petticoat with stiffened upper-bodies

Noel Gieleghem A spangled ruff for Greensleeves (remote presentation)

Session Three

Sarah Thursfield Kerchers of the best – Wrought work and headgear

Ninya Mikhaila A gown of grossie green – Making Greensleeves’ gown

Eloise Pennycott Greensleeves was my delight – Embodying Greensleeves

Closing remarks 16:30