[Sca-cooks] Silly idea for A&S exhibit

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 05:08 AM 3/5/03 -0500, you wrote:
>   Square-patterned Patchwork quilts have been documented to the mid-late
>1500s in England. Although I'm not aware of any extant bed-coverings, there
>exists a silk cope made for a Roman Catholic Priest (by then the priests
>were outlawed and under threat of death) which uses patchworking to disguise
>the religious garb as simple bedding should the Priest be stopped by
>soldiers.

Oh Rosine! Now I have stuck in my head the vision of a priest celebrating
Mass with Log Cabin, Over-n-Under, and Double Wedding Rings on his back!

>   Be that as it may, I like the tile idea much better. Medieval tiles are
>beautiful and ornate, and it would make for some fantastic display to have
>the tiled floor laid out before the thrones for court (with guards posted to
>keep folks from walking on it), then to be given to the assemblage to eat
>afterwards...

I think sugar plate would lend itself well to this. Bet you could make fake
Wedgewood china of sugar plate too...

'Lainie
who woke up adn can't get back to sleep...
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