"Hair canvas" has goat hair, not horsehair. Not sure when it was first used as interfacing, but I do know that turn-of-the-19th century interfacing for men's coats was heavily sized linen--similar to, but not the same as, modern buckram. Others on the list might know if there is a source, but I believe the people that I know who insist on that level of authenticity prepare something themselves. (Me, I go ahead and use hair canvas in my civilian men's tail coats--I'm more interested in the final look than having everything inside 100% authentic.)
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Hanna Zickermann <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 11:21 am Subject: [h-cost] Hair cloth since when Hello there, can anyone please point me out to where and when hair cloth was used first to interline men´s jackets or uniforms? I am so confused about this, as I heard that they used fabric with horsehair first in 1840s petticoats. Is that the same horsehair fabric like old-fashioned interlining, or am I just confused? I´d like to make a uniform from the Napoleonic wars - was the material available that time, or did they just rely on heavily fulled wools to keep their shape? Thank you so much, and a happy new year, Hanna _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
