My notes are at home, but I seem to remember that the pourpoint was made of silk damask fabric. The woven pattern consists of a heraldic design with lions and eagles (?) in roundels. The color was either red with gold thread or gold with gold thread. I can check later today.
Althea On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 05:48:13 -0700, Saragrace Knauf wrote > I wasn't very clear in my request. I have the sewing pattern. The > pattern I was refereeing to was the fabric pattern, the colors in > the photos are better than what I have. But usually on something > this old, the colors now are not what they would have originally been. > > As to the buttons, if they were reversed, I might offer the idea > that he might wear some sort of armor on top of it - the flat > buttons being more comfortable than the round...but I have not a > clue otherwise. > > Thanks, > > Sg > > > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:37:56 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What colors were used Charles du Blois Purpoint? > > > > The buttons down the front are mixed - the one at the very top is flat, the next bunch are balls as are the ones on the sleeves. The ones from about the waist to the bottom of the pourpoint are flat like the one at the top. I can't imagine why they're like that. > > > > Kate > > ---- otsisto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://tinyurl.com/mkzpm9 > > > > > > http://gambesons.com/design > > > Interesting, this shows that the buttons down the front are not the same > > > shape as the ones on the sleeve. > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/mj4bws > > > this has a pattern. > > > > > > De > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Now that I have some really great close ups of the fabric, does anyone now > > > what color(s) it was supposed to be? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Sg > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Really close up of Charles du Blois Purpoint? > > > Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:40:08 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was asked today to make one of these purpoints - given the recent > > > discussion on reproduction prints, does anyone know of any "really up > > > close" > > > photos of the "print" on the fabric of this garment? It sure would be fun > > > to recreate it that way! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Sg > > > _______________________________________________ > > > h-costume mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > h-costume mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume *** Directory of Diverse Knowledge http://www.alfalfapress.com/sca Althea Turner [email protected] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
