TENT - tudor tents.

Mon Dec 13 07:40:13 PST 1999

Hi Marguerite,

A fellow re-enactor may be able to point you in the right direction,
Pete James <peter.james1 at virgin.net>

I would steer completely clear of any "wagon wheel" supports because 
there is absolutely no evidence to support such construction. The 
taunt canvas of bell tents and the rounded ends of pavilions are 
achieved by correct use of main poles, material and guy ropes. Why 
carry extra wood work when it is un-need and not period?

Good luck and merry Yule.

> I am building a Tudor tent like that in the one in the picture Field of =
> the Cloth of Gold. Only I am making mine in Purple and Gold. I have =
> decided to have the roof all one piece so that way it would not leak. =
> Thinking I am going to make the rounds with the wayon wheel design not =
> to sure about that. I would like to make it as period as possible. =
> However I am going to use TRI-pac material to stay dry in our rainy =
> conditions. I have babys and really need to think of them. Plus tri pac =
> holds color long and is alot stuffer then canvas.=20
> After looking at many other pictures of the era of King Henry VIII I =
> believe that the tents all tied together. Would really like to talk to =
> people some who are in England who could get more resources. In a of =
> pictures you can see the same tents in pictures of later time or rather =
> ones that looks like it as singles not as the whole tudor tent. I have =
> been working on the designs and how they would have constructed it =
> themselves and I do have a working plan on how it would have been =
> constructed. But decided to do my own thing. Thinking of gulf wars last =
> year wet and rainy plus we are in the south. Does anyone have resources =
> in England who may have knowledge about tudor tents or can go the =
> libraries or something and get me more pictures to study. Marguerite
> _________________________________________________________________________=
> ____________________________________________________
> Spinning Winds Pavilions and Tents
> www.spinningwinds.com
> Marguerite at tex-is.net
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> design not=20
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> possible.&nbsp;However=20
> I am going to use&nbsp;TRI-pac material to stay dry in our rainy =
> conditions. I=20
> have babys and really need to think of them. Plus tri pac holds color =
> long and=20
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> the era of=20
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> like to=20
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> resources. In a=20
> of pictures you can see the same tents&nbsp;in pictures of&nbsp;later =
> time or=20
> rather ones that looks like it as singles not as the whole tudor tent.=20
> I&nbsp;have been working on the designs and how they would have =
> constructed it=20
> themselves and I do have a working plan&nbsp;on how it would have been=20
> constructed. But decided to do my own thing. Thinking of gulf wars last =
> year wet=20
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Bye for now,

Stephen Francis Wyley
stephenw-hrt at nmit.vic.edu.au
Technical Officer
(Plant Tissue Culture, Chemistry and Soil Science)
Conservation and Applied Science Department, NMIT

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