On Sep 3, 2011, at 2:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
The heaviest single article in all my undergarments is a quilted
petticoat, BUT: it's cotton on the outside, cotton batting on the
inside. In the
period (1750 to, oh, say 1810), this petticoat would more likely have
had wool batting, and either wool broadcloth or silk on the outsides.
I've never had the pleasure of handling wool batting, and in my
imagination it's lighter than cotton batting. Can anyone confirm that?
Claudine
I've handled ones from the 18th cent--to get the batting that thin,
you have to split todays wool batting in half. They are rather light--
my repro is silk/wool batting/heavish linen and is thin, stiff and
light.
(wool batting is DA Bomb! to quilt. I loves it!)
TA
Carol
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