There is also that mid-15thC Nuernberg Kunstbuch dye recipe, which does get
a bit closer to your culture of interest. But yeah, the screaming red linen
and the other might not work so great, it sounds like. I did find one or
two references to accessories (like that purse) of red linen, and household
hangings in bright colors of linen, but it seems like brightly dyed linen
would have been reserved for something that wouldn't need washing or
wouldn't be capable of bleeding onto more delicate fabrics. I also got the
impression, though certainly no solid proof of this theory, that the
brightly dyed household linens would have been linen imitations of more
expensive forms of fabric like damask, rather than the simple plain-weave
stuff we generally have on hand.
And to slightly change the topic, I'm now very interested in this:
Black, waxed full linen lining of a Burgundian man's coat (mid 15thc),
Textile Conservation. Flury-Lemberg, Mechthild. Schriften Der
Abegg-Stiftung, Bern, 1988. pp. 156-157.
especially given the recent discussion on here about refreshing the wax
coating on something. Does anyone have any insights on this? Any indication
of how common it might have been to wax a lining? It does seem like a
reasonable precaution for a coat, now that I think about it, but I'm curious
as to how common it was (whether done with black linen or with any other
fabric). I'm also curious as to how they would have actually done the
waxing!
-E House
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