Aha Bjarne - I have evidence for 'silk grege' from medieval Scotland. It
appears to raw silk (still gummed) with, interestingly, gold painted onto
it. I would expect that to be quite stiff - used for hats today I believe.
Helen - I think what I am trying to explore is the transparent fabric on the
Luttrell ladies the first artistic evidence of the same fine silk gauze
fabric (regardless of what you want to call it)
On 21/02/06, Helen Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I got my set of swatches from Dharma a couple of years ago, I was
surprised to find out that the barely there veiling in all those Italian
portraits was a real fabric. (My taste runs to linen and wool with
interesting weaves.)
Dharma has white silk gauze in two weights and widths, here:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/1639206-AA.shtml and they'll send
you a swatch for just a quarter.
-Helen/Aidan
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