Okay, following on from that information, was houndstooth check used during the 18th century?
Karen Seamstrix On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:25:29 -0400 Catherine Olanich Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 09 April 2006 11:03 pm, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > > If memory serves, I believe that houndstooth twill is in: > > North European Textiles Until AD 1000 by Lise Bender Jorgensen. > Aarhus Univ > > Pr (1992), Hardcover ISBN 8772884169 > > > > I can check for you tomorrow if needed. > > There's a nice picture of houndstooth in Margrethe Hald's "Ancient > Danish > Textiles" also. The picture looks as though the check is in a > contrasting > color (it's a black and white photo), but the text claims that the > effect > comes from using threads of different spin directions instead (a > kind of > shadow check effect, I suppose). > > -- > Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "I'm starting to like the cut of this man's gibberish." > --General Fillmore (from "The Tick," episode 2) > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
