--- Ailith Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I have received a request for help:
>
> "It seems that in a lot of extant garments, the
> protein fibers
> (wool and silk) have survived, while the plant
> fibers have not. We can only
> speculate that linen thread was used because there
> are stitching holes and
> no thread (and it seems unlikely that they would
> have pulled the silk or
> wool sewing thread out before tossing the rest in
> the trash). I was hoping
> you might be able to help me find some sort of
> documentation that I can use
> as a reference that explains how this works? It
> doesn't have to be overly
> technical."
>
> Right now I cannot get to my books and my brain is
> not working...so I'm
> turning to the best group of
> costuming/clothing/historians that I can think
> of. Can any of you help, please?
Quoting "Museum of London: Textiles and clothing",
page 2:
"...surviving textiles are biased by the types of
deposit in which they are preserved. They occur most
frequently where anaerobic conditions prevail, along
the Thames waterfront, for example, and occasionally
in cesspits. These acid conditions have the effect of
causing cellulose fibres to break down very rapidly,
particularly through fungal attack, and linen is,
therefore, poorly represented."
Hope this helps,
Lena
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