On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio wrote: > It may not have been linen but a precious metal thread and it may have > been removed. Not sure how they could test for it though.
I have never heard of any instances in which precious metal thread is used for structural seams. Even in embroidery, precious metal thread is typically couched (laid on top of the fabric and held down with stitching of a non-metal thread), as the act of repeatedly passing the metal thread through fabric tends to strip the metal wrapping off the thread core. My knowledge is limited, and strictly medieval in any case. I'd be curious whether anyone knows of examples of metal thread used for seams. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
