PE - Walls - Extant tent - Switzerland -

[joesilas@writeme.com]

Greetings,

Master Terafan is on the medieval encampments one list.  I don't know if he still monitors this list or not.

>From his description, and the photos, the walls are attached using a stitch similar to his modified flat fell seam minus the second row of stitches.  

The tent is from Basal Switzerland and belonged to one of the guilds of that town.  

The caption under the photo of the removable final says that it was used in 1591, and 1736, the final not the tent, although one would assume the final wouldn't be much use without a tent 8o)  

The tent was donated to the museum by the guild in the 1800's

The museum dosn't have much more information about it, but it would be interesting to see if the guild still exists?

Regards,

Andri


 ---- you wrote: 
> Hi Marguerite,
> 
> The walls look like they are in fact separate. Maybe one of the pictures through the dooway show detail enough. Is the the chap from Greydragon on this list? He did not seem to have an email contact on his home page.
> 
> Also, it was interesting to note how the door way was cut and rolled up, let alone how the apex guy ropes were attacht to the apex. 
> 
> What I would like to know is the provenance of the tent. How old is it? Where did it come from,etc.
> 
> The decoration on the roof reminds me of the tents of the Hussites.
> 
> ---
> Bye for now,
> 
> Sven
> (Stephen Francis Wyley)
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> 
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:55:21   Cherie Nolan wrote:
> >
> >Wow! I like the pictures Thank you!
> >How are the walls attached?
> >I didn't see any of that. But the hooks was great. I will be looking at them all day. I notice the ropes that are crows feet ropes are not as high as the ones you see in
> >pictures. Which makes me thank that it comes down in medieval pictures that is a artist thing. I have tried to do the crows feet design but the ropes tied about a foot from
> >the roof line doesn't give you a nice round edge. So I wonder if the museum was correct in the way they actually would have done it. Thank you! Marguerite
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Stephen Wyley wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hi All,
> >> 
> >> I join with Glenda recommending this site. This is the first time that I have seen an extant tent from Europe.
> >> 
> >> Great work from the House of Greydragon!
> >> 
> >> --------- Forwarded Message ---------
> >> 
> >> DATE: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:00:19
> >> From: "Glenda Robinson" <glendar at compassnet.com.au>
> >> To: "Wayne Robinson" <wayne at cmanet.com.au>,"Steve Wylie" <svenskildbiter at angelfire.com>
> >> 
> >> Good morning,
> >> 
> >> I've just found this website from a guy who saw it face to face:
> >> 
> >> http://www.greydragon.org/pavilions/basel.html
> >> 
> >> An extant tent from Switzerland from the 16th century and used for many
> >> years.
> >> 
> >> Glenda.
> >> 
> >> --------- End Forwarded Message ---------
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Bye for now,
> >> 
> >> Sven
> >> (Stephen Francis Wyley)
> >> Fortifications (Dictionary of Military Architecture, etc).
> >> http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/index.html
> >> Archery, Arms, Armour, Chests, Tents, Trebuchets,
> >> Vikings, Woodwork.
> >> http://www.geocities.com/svenskildbiter/index.html
> >> Arrow Fletching, Turbow Longbows & Yoretymes Emporium of History
> >> http://svenskildbiter.webjump.com/index2.html
> >> 
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