re organdy / organza - the first time I mentioned it I meant it was the closest sounding word, not that it was the closest fabric (it's not).
gauze is definitely around from the 13th century (approx), but it's naturally hard to tell whether it was the same fabric as later gauze - that it was very fine, and possibly sheer is about all we can know, unless there are finds I'm unaware of. Probably the best we can currently say is that very fine and sheer fabrics were around, and that they could have been of silk, or linen, or wool! debs _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
