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Painting scabbards?
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(10-15-2018, 08:20 PM)Dan D\Silva Wrote: I haven't heard of that approach before.  I'll add it to the tests once the casein and paste wax comes in.

Thing is, for the past five years I've been working under the assumption that the Achaemenids didn't have veg-tan.  As a matter of fact, what I found really interesting about Leatherwork from Elephantine is that it's the first claim I've seen for veg-tan from a part of the Persian empire.

I believe the tests show the presence of Tannic acid, whats interesting is different pieces of leather in the same item test differently...

Its probable that if it is the case that these items are veg tanned then they would be most likely tanned using acacia pods (Theophrastus "On Plants" circa 400bc mentions three types of veg tanning), but theres always a possibility its secondary ie veg dyes or colouring ...

Wink
Ivor

"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
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Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 10-12-2018, 01:38 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-13-2018, 05:32 AM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 10-13-2018, 03:00 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-13-2018, 04:41 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Crispianus - 10-13-2018, 09:18 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-14-2018, 04:10 AM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 10-14-2018, 10:09 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-14-2018, 11:17 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 10-15-2018, 08:20 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Crispianus - 10-17-2018, 03:46 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-15-2018, 08:41 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-17-2018, 04:33 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Crispianus - 10-18-2018, 07:36 AM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-18-2018, 12:26 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 10-18-2018, 01:58 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-18-2018, 03:13 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Crispianus - 10-19-2018, 11:47 AM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 10-22-2018, 01:17 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 10-19-2018, 12:43 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 11-10-2018, 04:10 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Crispianus - 11-12-2018, 11:27 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Feinman - 11-12-2018, 11:38 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 12-22-2018, 12:18 AM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 12-28-2018, 02:49 PM
RE: Painting scabbards? - by Dan D'Silva - 05-26-2020, 10:35 PM

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