Did I *ever* say, or intimate that Egyptians were primitive? Huh? Wherever did you get *that* idea? I asked if there was any evidence of *linens* being dyed *at that time.* Linens are notoriously difficult to dye using natural dyes. Good grief..... --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] movie costumes > The Coptic's had a form of needle knitting and to my understanding a form of > macramé' was known in Egypt. They also knew how to dye their fabrics. > This is a start. > http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/fabrics.htm > http://africanhistory.about.com/od/hieroglyphs/a/ColorTech.htm > > What makes you think that they were so primitive as to not know how to dye > fabrics? > De > > -----Original Message----- > Not if what she was wearing was obviously knitted. That's a humongous > boo-boo, right there. Also, the color of the gown sounds really wrong--is > there any evidence of linens being dyed in Egypt at that time? > --Sue > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
