On 21 May 2007, Robin Netherton wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007, michaela de bruce wrote:
> > > John Oldland, in a paper on the medieval woolen industry in England
> > > that he just gave at the International Congress on Medieval Studies,
> > > mentions buckram as a type of cheap woolen fabric.
> >
> > I would be a bit surprised that buckram was wool in the 16thcC,
> > especially given how often it was used to line gowns of an equivalent
> > nature and similar time frame to those extant items lined in linen and
> > silk in Patterns of Fashion.
> > That said if he was doing research of a much earlier period (as
> > indicated by the event he spoke at) I can see how the term would
> > change over time ...
>
> John's paper covered the 15th c. His research on the wool economy is very
> impressive -- he was John Munro's student and spends a lot of time in
> primary documents -- and I am inclined to trust his work.
I don't know how useful this is, but in Shakespeare's
King Henry IV part 1, act 2, scene 4, buckram suits are mentioned:
FALSTAFF Nay, that's past praying for: I have peppered two
of them; two I am sure I have paid, two rogues
in buckram suits. I tell thee what, Hal, if I tell
thee a lie, spit in my face, call me horse. Thou
knowest my old ward; here I lay and thus I bore my
point. Four rogues in buckram let drive at me--
-- Chris Bertani
www.goblinrevolution.org/costumes
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