On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Hanna Zickermann wrote: > That´s the most beautiful Viking/Rus outfit I´ve > seen so far! But when I suggested the look to an > SCA friend for court garb, she pointed out the > little string that holds the upper edge together > quite awquardly, and there would be strain on the > pearl string if you remove that little string. > However, that Valkyria figure next to the photo > with the shawl looks pretty much like that > outfit, but appears to have a small apron or so > in front. Could it be that there were decorative > aprons or bibs that went with this outfit and > were not included in the box found in Russia? What do you think?
There's certainly evidence that aprons (i.e., of the type that fastened around the waist and covered the front of the body from the waist down) were worn in Finland and other regions around the Baltic. However, it's worth noting that the Pskov find was not trimmed along the open long edge, but along the top (with appliqued-on silk strips that were fairly wide). The Pskov reconstructionists found stitch holes that they identified with where the fastening loops were sewn on, and this matched up with the direction in which the silk appliques ran. If the Pskov garment were assumed to be like the "apron dress" in Larsson's reconstruction, the silk-decorated area would hardly have shown in the front at all--it would have run across the small of the woman's back. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You affect the world by what you browse."-- Tim Berners-Lee _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
