Since we got on this topic, I would like to recommend:
Cardon, Dominique. La draperie au Moyen Age: essor d'une grande
industrie europe enne. Paris: CNRS Ed, 1999. Paper. ISBN: 227105592X
OCLC: 50663845
It contains some wonderful tables for cloth widths and lengths
produced in southwestern E
As far as I've heard, up to 108" in some places, like Italy...
Talia
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I'll check Arnold. Thanks to both of you for replying.
I have an image in one of my books of a church in France where the
"yard stick" is carved into the exterior wall.
I do remember that English woolen broadcloth was about 2 yards wide
and that various silks and silk velvets were in the rang
There's some information in the back of the
Elizabethan Patterns of Fashion (Janet Arnold)
MaggiRos
--- WickedFrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll go look, but as I recall there were various
> widths available during
> these times. I know for sure that an ell was
> different lengths in differe
I'll go look, but as I recall there were various widths available during
these times. I know for sure that an ell was different lengths in different
places at different times. Some widths were surprisingly wide...like 60
inches. I'll get back to you.
Sg
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In my re-enactor clothes, I usually cut the fabrics down to 22"
widths so I'm forced to piece them accurately. I also plan to do more
with my loom that weaves 22" for these purposes. One thing I find is
that seaming 22" wide fabrics sometimes lends more structural
strength or other serendip
