Basel Tent – 5m diameter

Basel tent is a historical tent with construction based on single central main pole several hooked ropes that tighten the roof.

 This tent is based on an original one that is in Swiss muzeum in Basel. Though this one is dated 16th century, such tents was used eariler in Middle Ages according to iconography. Especially common amongst knights and travelling soldiers.

The Basel tent is 5m tall,  The diamater of the tent is 4m at the ground level. The main mast is devided into two parts for the ease of transport making the longest element 2.1m long.

Standard version is made of thick linen fabric of denisty: 540g/m2. Good quality linen fabric will not soak through even after long rain. There is also an option of impregnated linen which is hydrophobic and rot-resistant. Wooden frame is made of hardwood like ash, birch etc.

Per request we also can custom paint  our medieval tents.

In the footer of the store there is a card of available colors. We can paint the Basel in historical motifs. Examples of such projects can be found on our Blog.

The traveling knight needed a lot of equipment to live comfortably, that’s why Basel tent was richly equipped with furniture and transport boxes.

We recommend visiting our furniture section to fully compliment your knights pavilion

The price includes:

• Tent sheet devided into roof and walls
• Wooden frame
• Set of wooden pegs
• Decorative crowning
• Transport bag

Available options:

• Hand forged steel pegs
• Hand made sturdy hemp rope and steel pegs making the tent more resistant to heavy weather

Want to know more? Check out our Blog and YouTube channel.