From be554d53e37aa765b05f116663c023e192b5dc30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiawen Gong <jiawengong1112@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:55:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update file 03designprocess.md --- docs/development/03designprocess.md | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/development/03designprocess.md b/docs/development/03designprocess.md index 2aa758c..90c8262 100644 --- a/docs/development/03designprocess.md +++ b/docs/development/03designprocess.md @@ -10,28 +10,36 @@ The research is focused on the funeral traditons in **Europe** and **the U.S**. #### **WINDING SHEET** -Winding sheets, or shrouds, have long been used to prepare the dead for burial. It started from the 14th century as a functional garment for the poor and lower middle classes. It's often a simple linen sheet that wrapped around the body with knots tied at the head and the foot. It resembled earlier Medieval practices and was an economical and modest way of preserving the deceased’s dignity. +Winding sheets, or shrouds, have long been used to prepare the dead for burial. It started from the 14th century as a functional garment for the poor and lower middle classes. **It's often a simple linen sheet that wrapped around the body with knots tied at the head and the foot.** It resembled earlier Medieval practices and was an economical and modest way of preserving the deceased’s dignity. This feature had been in decline since the early 17th century and continued until the beginning of the 18th century. -### **FROM EARL 18TH CENTURY TO EARLY 2OTH CENTURY** +### **FROM EARL 18TH CENTURY TO END OF 19TH CENTURY** #### **SHROUDS** -With the abandonment of the communal parish coffin at the end of 17th century, in favour of coffins for individual burials, more attention was paid to the deceased themselves and their burial garments. An open-backed long shirt with draw-strings at the wrists and neck gained popularity, taking over the usage of winding sheets. The detail of the knot at the foot remained, but with the face no longer covered, allowing family and friends to pay their respects. The body was placed in a shift with a bonnet and the sheets were pinned to the sides of the coffin creating the appearance of the deceased lying in bed with a quilt pulled over them and a pillow placed under the head. +With the abandonment of the communal parish coffin at the end of 17th century, in favour of coffins for individual burials, more attention was paid to the deceased themselves and their burial garments. **An open-backed long shirt with draw-strings at the wrists and neck** gained popularity and took over the usage of winding sheets. The detail of the knot at the foot remained, but with **the face no longer covered**, allowing family and friends to pay their respects. The body was placed in a shift with a bonnet and the sheets were pinned to the sides of the coffin creating the appearance of the deceased lying in bed with a quilt pulled over them and a pillow placed under the head. ### **EARLY 20TH CENTURY** -#### **TAILORED ROBES IN THE UK** +#### **ENGLISH SHROUDS IN THE UK** + +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. + +By the early 20th century, many companies were offering unisex shrouds in stead of seperating men’s and women’s styles. #### **GRAVE CLOTHING IN THE US** +In the early 20th century, the Americans started manufacturing high-class dresses and suits for the deceased which a funeral director could sell with a casket. The ladies’ dresses were made under the supervision of dressmakers while a custom tailor oversaw the making of the men’s suits. **These burial garments looked no different to regular clothing**. + +This system of using grave clothes based on day clothing began to take off in the UK in the 1970s. ### **MODERN DAYS** #### **PERSONAL CLOTHING** +Nowadays, many people are buried in **their own clothes** to fit their personality. Dressing people's deceased relatives or friends in their favourite clothes is a way of continuing to care for someone in death as in life, and can be comforting and reassuring when you are grieving. <iframe width="1000" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VPWU5q-MsN8?si=hDh0IxiF73ZrBS4-" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> -- GitLab