It was clear. I was just hoping for a reference for a stiffened buckram. It seems likely that there was such a thing, but I haven't yet come across a reference that would certainly establish it.
Queen Mary's Wardrobe accounts, I'm not sure it that is the book I listed (privy purse accounts for her as a princess and maybe later) or if there was a seperate book of just her wardrobe. I'm going to be looking through the privy purse accounts. past buckram is definitely mentioned, I wonder if there are any more.. I was wrong too! It's not for a farthingale, I think I remembered that because I thought it would be most odd to have a farthingale stiffened with glue) it's for a collar of a loose gown "..the collar lined with past buckram" 1558 Some of the texts I mentioned last time spelt paste as past too. I think all of them actually;)
Paste board was made of paper, so that's a different thing.
True but: when they are used for a similar item they may have similar properties, though I can see buckram (if it is stiffened) having an edge when it comes to curved shapes. The texts didn't specify paste, so perhaps the context was enough to diferenciate buckram from glued buckram, or the buckram bought was later glued, or the buckram was used unglued. Oh and of course I agree we cannot presume that our modern use of words matches up to what was used in the past and that the same word meant the same thing at all times in the past. I'd like to know what the link is between the use of the terms. Is it just and English term as well? I would like to do some hunting in texts of other lands. Michaela de Bruce http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
