Leather sounds like a good choice. Parchment (the real stuff is leather y'know) is offend used in millinery and trimmings in the period. Buckram is a millinery product used for a long time now since it is basically burlap stiffened with glue.... or shellac (also used to block felt hats). Modern buckram's glue is made of...I dunno. But it will wash out with water and the buckram becomes a limp piece of cloth. If dry cleaned, it stays stiff but turns yellow. Then there's always lots and lots of starch....on coarse linen.
-----Original Message----- From: Alexandria Doyle <garbaho...@gmail.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 2:27 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] stiffen agent Was this on a hanging or clothing? I wonder about having a piece of paper permenent inside of a component of the bodice alex On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Kimiko Small <sstormwa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Try thin stiff paper. I recall that's what some extant 16th century garments have as their backings on the appliques of silk. > > Kimiko Small > http://www.kimiko1.com > "Be the change you want to see in the world." ~ Ghandi > > > The Tudor Lady's Wardrobe pattern > http://www.margospatterns.com/ > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Alexandria Doyle <garbaho...@gmail.com> > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 7:08:08 AM > Subject: [h-cost] stiffen agent > <snip> > Does anyone have have suggestions of anything else that could have > been used early to mid 16th century Germany as a stiffening agent and > /or base fabric for this kind of project? > > thanks > alex > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
