Sorry for mis-snip. -----Original Message----- >Then when colored wire became available you got artistic patterns >with the chainmail bikini, sans the fur but lined.
(Snip) Also, twenty years ago I would see some mail shirts with brass rings used for borders and sometimes inserted as designs. I'm not sure if that's historic or simply something people do because the structure lends itself to certain designs. De: There was some wire that had a solid color coating like reds, blues and greens. I know that there is such a thing as metal blackening so it is possible for black chainmail. In the 1500s there was accent on the armour with either brass or gold, don't know which, may be both. << Renaissance Faires also would have a booth selling chainmail/chain headdresses. They range in size from cauls to long veils, a mix of chain mail, looped chains and jewels. Old techniques, old shapes (veils), but the product is modern. De:I always believed they stem from the Edwardian view of the Middle Ages and Camelot. But mostly I have seen the chainmail cauls in Erte's drawings. < The only time I've seen one worn outside a "historic" (Renfair/SCA/LARP) context was that Anne Rice wore one during a television view. -Carol De: I've seen them in plays and Halloween and one Goth. She had white blond hair and the chainmail was black with red crystals. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
