Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

2016-07-15 Thread scourney
also contacted an archeologist with ties to Pompeii and we both said the same thing.SusanĀ  Original message From: Katy Bishop <katybisho...@gmail.com> Date: 7/15/16 9:35 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Roman experts

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

2016-07-15 Thread scourney
-08:00) To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Roman experts? To me, it looks like a warm-white (undyed wool?) hooded 1/2 (maybe 2/3 or 3/4) circle cloak where the hood is lined with darkish blue and trimmed with warm brown in a rectilinear fashion. The hood is made of

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

2016-07-15 Thread Ginni Morgan
AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Roman experts? To me, it looks like a warm-white (undyed wool?) hooded 1/2 (maybe 2/3 or 3/4) circle cloak where the hood is lined with darkish blue and trimmed with warm brown in a rectilinear fashion. The hood is made of a rectangle folded in half to m

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

2016-07-15 Thread Katy Bishop
It really looks like a hood to me. I will forward to a friend who does Roman impressions. On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 2:35 AM, scourney wrote: > Hi, I'm looking at a job reproducing the clothes in a Pompeian fresco. I > think I've identified most of the clothing involved, but

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

2016-07-15 Thread Cin
I would ask people who do that sort of thing regularly. The best I know of, and I dont know if they do civilian impressions, is the Ermine Street Guard. http://www.erminestreetguard.co.uk/ --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:35 PM, scourney

Re: [h-cost] Roman experts?

2016-07-15 Thread RC Weber
To me, it looks like a warm-white (undyed wool?) hooded 1/2 (maybe 2/3 or 3/4) circle cloak where the hood is lined with darkish blue and trimmed with warm brown in a rectilinear fashion. The hood is made of a rectangle folded in half to make a square and seamed on one edge (usually the back