Eseld An Goarnic
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| Resides: Shire of Mountain Freehold | |
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Introduction
Well met! I’ve baked you some fresh bread, but you best keep your wits or I’ll win it back at the card table.
Persona
Eseld was born in 1419 to Cornish parents in Breizh (Brittany to the rest of the Known World). Trained as a tailor and gifted in the archival arts, she was poised for a life of erudition when a merry band of mercenaries whisked her away on campaign. Craving the comforts of home, she does her best to recreate them in tents, taverns, and wherever else the crewe might lay their heads. Her skills at cooking, pattern cutting, note taking, and general mood setting have earned her the byname “an Goarnic”: “the little housekeeper”.
Eseld is also a keen carouser, ever prepared to sing a jaunty tune or sweep a round of Gluckhaus. Her fondness for pretty things is her foremost vice, and soldiers carry ever so many!
Occasionally, for purposes of espionage, Eseld assumes the guise of Mercy Johnson, a settler of New Plimoth in the year 1627.
Projects & Publications
Eseld is a skilled seamstress and pattern maker who prides herself on attention to detail. She hand-sews all her own clothing as well as that of her lovers, Nikolai Tsepelin and Sylvain Soleil. Of particular interest to her is women’s supportive undergarments and their evolution from the 14th century and beyond. A selection of her work is as follows:
Fitted orange gown worn in 13th-century style, November 2018
14th-century particolor gown with 64 hand-worked buttonholes, October 2019
Sleeve detail, 14th-century buttoned gown, October 2019
Pleat detail, 15th-century German shirt, January 2020
Blackwork detail, 15th-century German shirt, January 2020
14th-century particolor heraldic gown with ermine tail applique, worn over green kirtle, April 2020
14th-century particolor heraldic gown, side view, April 2020
14th-century burgundy gown with handmade buttons, worn with ermine tail tippets, October 2020
14th-century men's gown with dagged hem and sleeves, April 2021
14th-century men's gown with dagged hem and sleeves, April 2021
14th-/15th-century transitional particolor gown, May 2021
Sleeve detail, 14th-/15th-century transitional gown, May 2021
Inner bodice detail, 14th-/15th-century transitional gown, May 2021
14th-century laced "bra dress" based on period examples, October 2021
14th-century laced "bra dress" based on period examples, October 2021
Graeco-Roman gown worn in the style of a maenad, July 2022
Closer view, Graeco-Roman maenad-style gown, July 2022
Graeco-Roman gown with head covering, July 2022
Sleeveless landsknecht doublet in progress, September 2022
Sleeveless landsknecht doublet worn with slashed sleeves and pleated blackwork shirt, all made by Eseld, September 2022
Fitted orange gown reworked and worn in 15th-century style with pinned sleeves, October 2022
Late-15th-century cartridge-pleated gown worn with great veil, October 2022
Closer view, late-15th-century cartridge-pleated gown, October 2022
15th-century yellow waisted kirtle worn with pinned sleeves and great veil, January 2023
14th-/15th-century apron with honeycomb smocking, January 2023
Full view, smocked apron, January 2023
Closer view, smocked apron, January 2023
Burgundy gown reworked and worn in 15th-century style with pinned sleeves, January 2023
Late-16th-/early-17th-century bodied petticoat with red skirt, February 2023
Closer view, bodied petticoat, February 2023
Flat lay, bodied petticoat, February 2023
Pad stitching inside bodied petticoat, February 2023
15th-century brown waisted kirtle worn with pinned sleeves, smocked apron, and Flemish kerchief, March 2023
Traditional Irish mummers' headdress, April 2023
Full view, traditional Irish mummers' headdress, April 2023
Waisted kirtle worn in 16th-century style with pinned sleeves, partlet, and "dog-eared" apron, May 2023
1627 Plimoth Plantation kit: collared shift, bodied petticoat, outer petticoat, doublet, partlet, caul, and apron, May 2023
Side view, 1627 Plimoth Plantation kit
Closer view, 1627 Plimoth Plantation kit
Affiliations
Other Interests
Eseld is fascinated by folklore and associated ritual practice from around the Known World. She particularly loves the British Isles art of mumming and is well known for her Samhain celebrations. She is also interested in language and its evolution. Competent in Latin and French, she enjoys reading primary sources and comparing translations. Her archive of ancient and medieval given names has over one thousand entries.
Other Historical Endeavors
Eseld has served as Autocrat or Assistant to the Autocrat for the following non-SCA medievalist events:
- Hearthlight's Feast of Fools, May 2021 and July 2022
- Hearthlight's Founding of Eire, October 2021 and October 2022
- Hearthlight's Wheel of the Year: Spring, April 2022
Eseld's great-to-the-10th grandniece, Skye Makaris, is a living history educator at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum. She also serves as Head of Costume at the Museum, and has lectured in this capacity on working women's dress. She is a distaff member of Warner's Recreated Regiment, which portrays a Vermont militia in the year 1777.
Classes Taught
- Draping 14th-Century Fitted Gowns, October 2019
- Women’s Supportive Undergarments through the Ages, July 2022
- English Given Names Before, During, and After the Protestant Reformation, March 2023
In Case of Court
Eseld loves surprises, but, regrettably, does not attend court frequently enough to allow them. Please summon her either by writ or by contacting her husband, Nikolai Tsepelin.
Her name is pronounced ee-SELD an GWAR-nig.