>From what I can see this appears to be wool or suede/leather. I don't see any pile that would indicate velvet. >From what I have learned from another's experience with leather. Old fashion tanning methods seem to leave the leather more supal(sp?) and drapey then the commercial leathers. De -----Original Message----- Greetings!
I am new to the list. I have a BFA in a theater from the University of Georgia (US) in both performance and costume design. I went on into computer science, but have continued costuming, mostly in community theater settings. I have a question about the fabric/material used in the Beham "Portrait of a Man", German/Bavarian, 1529. My original guess was a velvet, but looking closer at the image, especially the cut-work in the trim and collar, I have begun wondering if this was a suede of some kind. I am curious as to what fabrics would be likely. Here is a good link to the portrait. Clicking on the image brings up a larger view that can go up to 200% of the image to see more of the detail. http://www.wga.hu/html/b/beham/barthel/portrait.html Thanks! Lonnie _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
