I'll check Arnold. Thanks to both of you for replying.
I have an image in one of my books of a church in France where the "yard stick" is carved into the exterior wall.
I do remember that English woolen broadcloth was about 2 yards wide and that various silks and silk velvets were in the range of 2 feet or less.
I was hoping that someone already had a list of the variations in width and length online somewhere. Just lazy I guess... another project for my to-do list! ...eventually it will get done, I promise. <grin>
Take care, Beth At 07:19 PM 5/5/2007, you wrote:
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 16:35:52 -0700 (PDT) From: MaggiRos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There's some information in the back of the Elizabethan Patterns of Fashion (Janet Arnold) MaggiRos --- WickedFrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll go look, but as I recall there were various > widths available during > these times. I know for sure that an ell was > different lengths in different > places at different times. Some widths were > surprisingly wide...like 60 > inches. I'll get back to you.
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