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I got a chance to ping Nancy Spies and ask her - she said: (pasted out of an IM window) - +++++++++ I know that piece well. I studied it for EPAC and you can see info about it there. The main part of this band is in Switzerland. LA has a tiny bit. Someone obviously cut it up and made more money that way, the idiots. You can see info on it on page 278 (of Ecclesiastical Pomp and Aristocratic Circumstance) The band is worked mainly in soumak wrapping with some brocading. Soumak wrapping is distinct from brocading as it does not just float on the surface but wraps around threads as it goes across. I got very good at recognizing it! But the band is, yes, TW. +++++++++ Nancy's citation lists the same information on provenance as the LA Museum's site, but in more detail: Provenance: probably Anglo-Saxon England / Insular or continental Insular influence; ?Persian (Flanagan) I don't know if this means that the trim was made in Persia and used in England, but that's what it sounds like to me. Michael __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Send private reply to Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
