New Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] question

[Gail]

The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, describes a woven wool
"suit" of a tunic and pants, woven of dark wool, dyed with red dye, to make
a lovely maroon color. It was sewn with woolen thread the same color and
trimmed with white wool thread dyed with the same dye, but because the
background color differs, the trim is bright red. (Plate 1 between pp 64 and
65 show him.) his "leggins" are felt, dyed red, blue and gold worn under
white deerskin boots. His belt is 5 color braided in whats modern know as
"kumihimo. (Plate 2a)

the colors are amazingly bright!

Galen

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> I know on a period costume that I read about the suit was black woo and
the
> sewing thread was black as well.  I can't remember whether it was linen or
> wool thread though.
>
> It's kicking around the house (the article) so let me look for it.
>
> Clare
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