On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Schaeffer, Astrida wrote: > Sigh. Must reconstruct my thoughts, stupid e-mail program erased my message > when I hit "send". I hate Microsoft. > > > > Assuming the patterning isn't a matter of artistic license, I think this is a > combination of bias use of a woven stripe fabric, and piecework (constructing > fabric out of contrasting strips). Painted fabric wouldn't hold up well. > Piecework would have been in the craft vocabulary because of domestic > textiles and repair work, as well as to fill in missing corners during > garment construction (widening skirts, lengthening sleeves, etc.), > > If a tailor had striped fabric to work with, it isn't a stretch to see him > play around with the patterns that so easily pop up when moving one piece of > striped fabric around on top of another. Especially given the existing > patterning in contemporary architecture, tiles, etc. Chevrons, here we come! > > My question is: how many of the striped garments depicted in the Codex are > diagonals as opposed to verticals and horizontals?
That's one of the interesting things. No vertical stripes at all that I can find. Plenty of horizontal stripes of varying widths. A fair sprinkling of the diagonals. (In both cases, sometimes on a particolored garment with half solid.) A very few examples of chevron (zig-zag) designs. Heather _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
