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Hello!
I am looking for information. Do you know if the Romans of the first and second century could decorate their leather equipment (harness phalerae, vagina, bag) with details painted as in the republic.
If you have evidence or pictures I take!
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I would also like to know about this topic, and particularly whether any ancient paints can be put on flexible leather objects without flaking off.
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Quote: Romans of the first and second century could decorate their leather . . . with details painted as in the republic.
Seems like they wouldn't have forgotten. So if they didn't it would have been fashion choice rather than inability. Beeswax based paints are a little flexible, and dyes are very flexible. They had both in both eras.
(Hah! The first time I typed it that it came out "both ears". :razz: )
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