Padded Armour

[tlclark]

Here is some tablet weaving from a supplier in the UK.

Is it possible the face was decorative only, consisting of tablet weaving and a design, long lost on the sculpture?

Sure. I think the weft-faced material could either be facing or the whole pteruges, depending on how thick it was and as far as decoration goes, It wouldn't surprise me if they were rather gaudy.

Tablet weave is technically warp faced instead of weft-faced, but the effect is the same, a heavy weave where only one part of the weave is visible. There are lots of tablet weavers out there, I wonder if we could get one to make a few test pteruges.