Also, during this period, the silk trade was flourishing. One thing the Orient did to change fabrics was the bound dying. Using a board in a clamp to resist and area and dye the exposed area. The bias of the fabric isn't affected and a unique pattern is created. Maybe this is what the author/designer was doing.
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > From: heather.jo...@earthlink.net > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:13:02 -0700 > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Opinions on Manesse Codex diagonal stripes > > > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
