[Artemisia] help - AS IN GAMBESON

[S CLEMENGER]

That would depend...period for whom? and where? and when?  There are a couple of extant whole-cloth quilts (done in trapunto, IIRC), and there are several extant "arming coats" that I'm aware of--one is 14th? century, and the others are 16th.  The 16th century ones can be pretty fancy--I've often thought they'd be tres cool for fencing.  I'd have to dig out my costuming books to find out more details.  At least one of the ones I recall was done in leather.
--Maire
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: L.J. Richards<mailto:richardslj at bresnan.net> 
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  Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 11:06 AM
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  On another note, am curious --

  is it period to use cotton canvas or a very heavily woven linen or ??  
  Cotton or wool batting?  
  A particular quilting design stitch?
  Any surviving pieces to telll us?

  HE Bronwen (who doesn't want to make one but is curious ONLY!) (ha)


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