I will look in a few places tonight. I'm thinking that Mazzouai may have something about a cotton coutil in medieval Italy. Unless you've already looked there?
Lauren ----- Original Message ----- From: "cahuff" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:34:36 PM Subject: [h-cost] Coutil origins HI I can trace coutil as a French word for fabric back to 16mumble, but I can't trace what it was made of (hemp, linen, cotton?) then nor if it was a plain 4 harness twill or a three harness twill or a herringbone. The herringbone I can trace back to 18mumble. Help! And suggestions or info would be a great help. THANKS! Ta Carol _______________________________________________ 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
