Medieval Russian fashion

[lilian567321]

Hello,

I'm writing a fantasy book set in medieval times, around the 14th century. One of the characters has a thick, winter coat from what would roughly be Russia. It's a coat with a woolen exterior, it's lined with cotton quilted fabric and has fur linings on the edges of the coat and on the hood of the coat.

My question is how realistic would this coat be in around 14th century Russia and why or why not, provided we say real-world Russia is the exact same as the one in my fantasy world, i.e. same climate, landscape, surrounding countries and political relations etc.

Thank you in advance,

Lillian K.

Comments

[armiphlage]

Adding to what texasdreamer01 said, linsey-woolsey is a fabric which uses both flax and wool threads, with the advantages (and disadvantages) of both.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linsey-woolsey

If a character wore a coat made with with linsey-woolsey, they'd probably not be a member of the Russian Jewish community, but would be more likely to have traditional Slavic religious practices or follow the relatively-new Russian Orthodox church. This could be part of the plot, particularly in a fantasy work where spells or supernatural creatures might work differently on different communities.