Having raised three kids and two grand kids in the SCA, I can say that lead
strings with a harness work best. They rarely come unsewn at the wrong time.
I had a set my mother-in-law gave me when my oldest was a toddler and it's
still after all these yearsin my oldest grandaughter's hope chest. I
Also 18th century it was used. Frequently seen in portraits.
Bjarne
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From: "Kate M Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:56 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Re: Leading strings
No experience wi
No experience with small children, but...
Alexandria wrote:
>As to how they did it in this era, I'm not sure. I can only think of
one
>image of a little girl with leading stings. You can't tell she's
wearing
>them, except her older sister is holding onto them.
They used strips of fabric sewn to
