Geteld tent 2 x 4 m – Wool

Geteld tent 2 x 4 m – Wool

1,020.00 1,160.00 

The tent is 2 m wide, 4 m long and 2.2 m high, it can comfortably accommodate 1-2 people. Popular in early middle ages. The tent is based on iconographical sources and preserved relics.

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Woolen geteld tent is 2 m wide, 4 m long and 2.2 m high, it can comfortably accommodate 1-2 people. As standard the tent is made from natural coloured wool of 600 gr weight. Good quality woolen fabric is impregnated by our supplier of woolen fabrics, not by a subcontractor or by hand which will guarantee that the tent is rot resistant and waterproof for long time use.

The frame is made of strong wood such as ash, beech. The masts are divided for easier transport, the longest element is 2m long.

The name “geteled” has an anglo – saxon origin and it means “tent”. The oldest known depiction is in th Utrecht Psalter (ca. 830), but it was used even in XII century. This tent has frame in “A” – shape. It has a lot of picture in medieval illuminated manuscript, mostly from France and England. The knight and the soldiers used it.

The traveling knight needed a lot of equipment to live comfortably, that’s why the Norman tent was richly equipped with furniture and transport boxes, which are available here.

The set for woolen geteld tent includes:

  • A tent sheet in one piece
  • Wooden frame
  • A set of wooden pegs
  • Decorative crowning
  • Transport bag

Available options:

  • Hand forged steel pegs
  • Heavy duty hand made hemp rope and steel pegs making the tent resistant to heavy weather

Shipping cost is about 50 euro.

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