[Northkeep] Judy linen

[Marc Carlson]

>From: Patti McCullough <toinettec at yahoo.com>
>It's true:  from the research I've read, they say that
>linen generally bleaches well, but doesn't take dye as
>well, which is why you generally saw undergarments in
>period being fine white linen.
>...

Just to add to this, my understanding is that even when you can get it to 
take a period dye, it doesn't keep it long (the current mythology seems to 
be that you can't dye it at all, which isn't true.  It's just a pain and 
it's not permanent).

As for undergarments in Period, um, T. you know we don't have That Many 
examples to say that.  I suspect that most undergarments were unbleached or 
otherwise cheap linen, but I can't prove it either :)

M/D

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