01-07-2006, 09:01 AM
"We have quite a few of these on order at the moment and they will figure prominently this season."
Interesting! Are you using the Dura Europas cap as a model- and your recommendations for a supplier? I had been thinking of making up one from scratch.
Picture of the Dura Europas cap (an original Roman cap of felt, possibily an arming cap) below, with the "arming cap" from the Aeneas mosaic at Pompeii in the corner as a comparison:-
Interesting! Are you using the Dura Europas cap as a model- and your recommendations for a supplier? I had been thinking of making up one from scratch.
Picture of the Dura Europas cap (an original Roman cap of felt, possibily an arming cap) below, with the "arming cap" from the Aeneas mosaic at Pompeii in the corner as a comparison:-