[Sca-cooks] Runners/longieres instead of napkins?

Claire Clarke angharad at adam.com.au
Tue Jul 2 02:58:23 PDT 2013


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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:46:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Runners/longieres instead of napkins?
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Lovely image. I would think something that diaphanous would be silk,  no?

All this makes me wonder if this was yet another Eastern import that  came
to France after the Crusades. 
 
Jim  Chevallier


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Linen was woven much finer in period than you generally find it now
(diaphanous is not implausible), and it would certainly make more sense to
use it as a napkin like item, as it is both highly absorbent and more
washable than silk. On the other hand, given that it's embroidered with gold
it would be hard to wash either way. 

Angharad




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