----- Original Message ---- From: E House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Looking for detail of image ca. 1510 <snip> >>>It looks to me like the black ribbons are laced through loops on the stem end of each tulip, so surely the tulips will need to be metal-based for this to work, right? The loops appear to hold their shape rather than pulling out of shape under the pressure, which screams metal to me.<<<
Yep, I agree. Definitely metal, and enamel. I would guess that pure gold would be too soft, but brass doesn't seem quite right. Anyone know whether gold plated silver existed in this period (early 16th century)? I'm not sure if I'm correctly remembering a reference to gold coated/plated/covered silver, akin to our moderm vermeil. Bella, The Realm of Venus I'm doing the World Vision 40 Hour Famine this year! Please visit... http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/40HourFamine2007.htm ...to find out more. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Feel safe with award winning spam protection on Yahoo!7 Mail. http://mail.yahoo.com.au _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
