Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > If there were tie on pockets *before* the 1700s, well, it certainly > could be possible, after all, these pockets couldn't have > spontaneously appeared in the year 1700. :) >
There are pockets in 16th C. Italian Paintings -- there just aren't any extant pockets that I know of -- although, niggling in the back of my brain is an extant pocket that dates from pre-1650. A lady in the SCA has her research (and the snippets from a couple of the paintings) here http://katerina.purplefiles.net/garb/diaries/Kat's%20Soccaccia.html Susan ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
