On Friday 27 July 2007, E House wrote: > Not surprisingly, I don't speak Russian, but on the Russian site it looks > to me like that second smaller sketch shows the front of the apron folded > into that shape--sort of like a giant box pleat held in place by the > brooches--rather than with a second narrower apron over it. At least, it > makes a lot more sense to me that way.
To do that, though, you'd need a second set of loops on the apron dress itself-otherwise the fold wouldn't stay in place. It's unclear at best from the information at hand whether the garment found had more than two pair of loops--one front, one back--on it. Beatson's summary (don't know about the Russian either) claims that the smaller sketch posits a separate, narrow apron over the silk-trimmed apron dress. Though that might solve the "what makes it stay on " problem, I can't believe that any self-respecting Viking would hide all of that silk under another garment. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do." -- George Mabry _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
