Hi, Yes, I agree regarding the stylised artwork is later. Yet, I included it since it was a clear example of the criss cross pattern. While the actual photos...
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rleguillow
Apr 3, 2010 1:47 pm
Miriam posted this message on another list I'm on, and I think it should be here also - I don't think she'll mind if I copy it here: For those of you who have...
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athenamorgaine71@...
athenamorgaine
Apr 7, 2010 7:18 pm
Anytime!!! Please feel free to contact me if you have anymore questions. Good luck Lianor In a message dated 3/27/2010 9:04:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... ...
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neimhaille
Apr 8, 2010 10:32 am
... In English accounts the word used is changeable (or variations of spelling of that anyway). It's simply that the yarn is dyed before being woven as opposed...
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Samia al-Kaslaania
idlesamia
Apr 8, 2010 3:51 pm
Cross-woven fabrics (what we often call "shot") is a pretty simple process. It is using a different colored warp from the weft (and looks like magic, doesn't...
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Audrey Bergeron-Morin
audreybmorin
Apr 8, 2010 4:11 pm
... Actually, for velvet, the process is slightly different... Regular fabric, you'd have the warp and weft different colours. For velvet, the ground fabric...
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kenduskeagstream
kenduskeagst...
Apr 8, 2010 6:39 pm
My shire has recently been hit with "only prostitutes wore yellow in period." I know that may have been true for some time and some place, but certainly not...
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beverlyazizi
Apr 8, 2010 6:39 pm
I just wanted to pipe in that this is really a pretty good pattern for a newbie because so often for a cotehardie type garment we have had to use a princess...
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Samia al-Kaslaania
idlesamia
Apr 8, 2010 7:48 pm
<http://idlelion.blogspot.com/2010/03/50-challenge-material-culture-fourteen.html> In medieval Cairo bridal trousseaux include yellow garments for many women. ...
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Princess Rowan
tbletopst
Apr 8, 2010 8:19 pm
... According to "Crime, Society, and the Law in Renaissance Italy," Prostitutes had to wear yellow _neckbands_ in Venice at one point, and yellow _veils_ in...
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Marian Walke
oldmarian
Apr 8, 2010 8:44 pm
... How about the portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in her coronation dress? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England...
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Charles
unclrashid
Apr 8, 2010 9:05 pm
SOme people might consider that gold. Rashid...
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Marian Walke
oldmarian
Apr 8, 2010 9:25 pm
... Fair enough. How about this betrothal scene from a 15th C Tournai tapestry? http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/lg/2/1/212319.jpg Old Marian...
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Samia al-Kaslaania
idlesamia
Apr 8, 2010 11:45 pm
And 1,000 years earlier yellow veils were reserved for brides in the Roman empire. I believe that's discussed in the survey level history of costume by Tortora...
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harleylunacat@...
selenemccecht
Apr 8, 2010 11:46 pm
Speaking as a herald - Is there a difference? :) Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ... From: "Charles" <unclrashid@...> Date: Thu, 08...
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Samia al-Kaslaania
idlesamia
Apr 8, 2010 11:46 pm
From Eithni in Northshield: Hmmm... mostly I have journal articles citing scientific analysis of extant garments from the early period, but those generally are...
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Princess Rowan
tbletopst
Apr 9, 2010 12:51 am
... I do find that an interesting evolution of the color. (And meant my cite only to point out where the misconception might come from, in terms of a law of...
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Charles
unclrashid
Apr 9, 2010 6:38 am
I'm not trying to be a pain here, just devil's advocate. It's hard to interpret colors on tapestries, they are usually so faded. But the guy on the right...
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Charles
unclrashid
Apr 9, 2010 6:44 am
Depending on the lighting in the pic and the accuracy and skill of the painter, gold could be metallic cloth of gold, and I've seen some satins and brocades...
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Marian Walke
oldmarian
Apr 9, 2010 2:13 pm
... You're quite right. To me the question is: Where did this notion come from? Can anyone produce *any* evidence from *any* time or place that yellow was a...
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Charles
unclrashid
Apr 9, 2010 2:29 pm
I am pretty sure I recall seeing documentation on yellow veils for prostitutes. But I don't recall the time or place that regulation was in effect. Rashid...
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Princess Rowan
tbletopst
Apr 9, 2010 2:37 pm
... See previous cites regarding neckbands/veils, I think. My suspicion is that it arises from a law like the one I pointed out, and that someone over-...
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Joanna Hobbins
jhobbi3
Apr 9, 2010 2:54 pm
Italy required yellow stripes, but I don't know the dates I have a secondary reference: "The obverse of city regulation for respectable women was the clothing ...
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sugihara_naome
Apr 9, 2010 6:24 pm
Shot silk in Japan: "hagi" lavender and blue-green, and "ominaeshi" yellow and blue-green. Both are worn in late summer. Sugihara no Naome Kingdom of Gleann...
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sugihara_naome
Apr 9, 2010 7:56 pm
... In Japan, at least from Heian (794 start) onward, yellow or "ki" is a colour that any woman (and IIRC any man as well) could wear with no kind of...
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Kat
kat_d_b
Apr 10, 2010 12:31 pm
tFinally, I have now completed my rapier outfit (with just the hood to complete now my mask is passed). This has been a long ierm project, spanning a few years...
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Muninn
munineye
Apr 12, 2010 12:27 pm
Greetings all, This may not be the right place to post it, but it seems like you all have the most resources and can help me find what I'm looking for. I'm...
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Lila Richards
sinechnz
Apr 12, 2010 12:35 pm
... I'm trying to find resources for constructing a Lithuania persona around the dawn of the 15th century, while it was still a big empire and just barely part...
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wishingforpink
Apr 12, 2010 3:55 pm
Kat, well done. I love the Sottana dress fabri. You out did yourself again! ~Masina...
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Kat
kat_d_b
Apr 14, 2010 5:26 am
thanks... I am already planning a second rapier camicia with embroidery... Kat....
