Gold thread for Late Roman tunics ? (textile)

[Theodosius the Great]

There are many examples for goldthreads in the early late roman world, for example in Trier: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/iabd/denkmalp ... /reifarth/ (very interesting project, but unfortunately only in german).

Neat ! I'll have it translated to English using Google. Hopefully I can get the gist of it :wink:

Ah, so gold thread does date to Late Roman times. Thank you for confirming Carlton's input, Barbara.

So heavily embroidered textile like the one of St. Arnegunde is very rare and only found in royal context, as you already said. I don't think it would be suitable for a "normal" officer, even if you do only the cuffs.

Yes, doubts have been growing in my mind about this as well. I will probably choose non-metalic thread.

Do you want to use real goldthread?

I've not yet had the chance to investigate the feasibility of using real goldthread. It sounds awfully expensive and impractical but I may be wrong. If you know something about using real goldthread to make a reconstruction I would welcome any information, Barbara.

Thank you, again.

~Theo