diff --git a/docs/development/01designprocess.md b/docs/development/01designprocess.md index 197c6cb08a553d60ecb8ff75be35bdf25e62518e..5a8bc03f99a77255c48e2f7934cef8df5ee39ece 100644 --- a/docs/development/01designprocess.md +++ b/docs/development/01designprocess.md @@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ With the abandonment of the communal parish coffin at the end of 17th century, i #### **ENGLISH SHROUDS IN THE UK** +{ width=1000 } + By the end of the 19th century, the shroud had changed from a sheet to **a tailored garment**. Coffin sheets were no longer necessarily needed as the shroud developed a style of its own. **An English Shroud, reminiscent of a Christening robe, is a single piece of clothes which goes around the waist down to the feet with no backs**. They were laid over the body and then tucked in at the sides. A bodice around the chest was designed with decorations. Male shrouds tended to have sans bows, while women had a high-neck frill and less ruching panels on the torso. +{ width=600 } + By the early 20th century, many companies were offering unisex shrouds in stead of seperating men’s and women’s styles. **In this video, Dr. Julian Litten talks about the history of shrouds in the UK** diff --git a/docs/images/process/Half-page-shrouds.jpeg b/docs/images/process/Half-page-shrouds.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec04475f30ae71add15645e578bedf6f9630f984 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/process/Half-page-shrouds.jpeg differ diff --git a/docs/images/process/Shrouds-Dottridge.jpeg b/docs/images/process/Shrouds-Dottridge.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bd17bb97dede6ddaf8d803c181ee06eef60383ea Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/process/Shrouds-Dottridge.jpeg differ