My impression was always that it was a heavier cotton cloth. It was made into sturdy boots/halfboots for wearing when walking. And men's trousers were made of it. Sheeting would not make very good men's trousers. ;-) I always envisioned it as the weight of a thin denim/twill though not necessarily that weave style. It was originally made from a yellowish/brownish Chinese cotton, but later regular cotton was used and dyed that same color.
Teena ________________________________ From: Katy Bishop <katybisho...@gmail.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] nankeen substitute I asked Saundra the same question and she recommended a cotton sheeting. It has to be lightweight. Katy On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Emily Gilbert <emchantm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm planning to make the Past Patterns 1793-1820 Transition Stay. It says > that the stay the pattern was taken from was made in nankeen, and that > nankeen is "unlike any fabric available in today's market", but doesn't > offer any suggestions as to what to use instead. Does anyone know what kind > of fabric would give me the closest approximation? > > Thanks! > Emily > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ 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
