In 18th century they used a lot of silk gauge wich is a very light
transparent silk fabric used for all those trimmings and decorations they
used all over at the second part of 18th century. A nice natural white
chiffon would be a good substitute for this...
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne
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:
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
