[Artemisia] Period Norman Garb- Black?

[TClayton]

Oh, I have no doubt that you are correct, Your Excllency!
-----Ralph, Rex Artemisia
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L.J. Richards" <richardslj at bresnan.net>
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Period Norman Garb- Black?


> Ah, Your Majesty, this could be because the weft is one color and the warp 
> is another - often referred to as "shot silk"  - even when 'tis not silk. 
> So, depending on how the light strikes the surface depends on which color 
> you see (as you stated).
>
> HE Bronwen
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "TClayton" <hereford at xmission.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Period Norman Garb- Black?
>
>
>> Well, the neat thing is, you can look for blacks that have a bit of color 
>> to them. Her Majesty has a dress (my favorite one) that is a "teal 
>> black". In certain light, it's very black, in others it's very dark 
>> green.
>>
>> -----Ralph, Rex Artemisia
>
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