Author: Rachel Case

This video was a really fun livestream stitch along! Rachel Case and Marion McNealy discussed and demonstrated the various stitches used in the Lengberg finds, for right and left handed stitchers.  Click on the image to watch the sew-along:

Livestream with the Lengberg Research Team, Rachel Case, Marion McNealy, and Beatrix Nutz. In 2008, during the renovations at Lengberg Castle, a trove of over 2700 textile fragments dated to the 15th century was discovered. Among these textile remnants was a skirted bra, the first finding of 15th c. bust supportive garment (which had before…

In 2008, during the renovations at Lengberg Castle, a trove of over 2700 textile fragments dated to the 15th century was discovered. Among these textile remnants was a pair of underwear. Since their discovery several theories have been presented and many questions have been asked about who wore them, and how these underwear were worn….

Paper written by Rachel Case, Beatrix Nutz, and Carol James about the sprang headwear of Lengberg Castle. Abstract In Lengberg Castle, East Tyrol, a perplexing textile fragment made of humble fabric but with exquisite detail was found beneath the floorboards among thousands of objects. It is of white linen cloth with a variety of decorative…

A paper presented at NESAT XIII in Liberec, Czech Republic, 2017 by Rachel Case, Marion McNealy and Beatrix Nutz Abstract: Among the more than 2700 textile fragments discovered in 2008 at Lengberg Castle in East‐Tyrol, Austria, were a few almost completely preserved pieces of garments. Amid them were several nearly complete linen bras and fragments…