You can find crisscross but not as common as spiral. Also it may depend on region and era.
Using Florentine late 15th century as example: spiral http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor1.html Spiral w/a twist http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor8.html crisscross with a twist http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor5.html crisscross http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor3.html http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor20.html ladder http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor4.html http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor9.html http://festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor11.html De -----Original Message----- I've got a really stupid question, but recently a costumer who I thought knew a lot about clothing, historical finds of original garments etc. made doubts about spiral lacing as the only lacing style in middle ages. She made some sort of a pourpoint and it was laced by criss-cross lacing. When I told her I was not too sure about the accuracy, she answered she was not sure that there was only one lacing style used in that time. What do you think about that? When came criss-cross lacing in? Thanks, Zuzana _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
