On Tuesday 15 July 2008 3:17:19 pm Anne wrote: > Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: > > On Sunday 13 July 2008 5:24:51 pm Anne wrote: [snip]. > > > > Yes, the inset picture does seem to show a third brooch in the center. > > So far as I know, no such brooch was found in the grave, but we don't > > have full data on the find. It does show a narrow apron worn in front > > and positioned between the tortoise brooches, which I'm skeptical about, > > since that approach would also hide the silk trim on the apron dress. > > I had interpreted it as the centre section of the apron dress, with a > big pleat under each brooch making that part stand out in front, rather > than an additional separate piece of fabric. If the pleat is big enough > that the fabric underneath meets at the centre front, then a brooch at > the centre could hold all those layers together. But it does seem odd > to indicate an extra brooch unless there was some evidence.
Peter Beatson also interpreted the drawing as showing a separate apron. But I've looked at the drawing again and you could well be right; it is ambiguous and could just be a large pleat created by pinning part of the excess fabric through the brooches. I really, really want to see the full write up in NESAT X. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny."--Edmund Burke _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
