03-28-2006, 05:36 PM
Franklin,
Be SURE, that they woven the darned thing in just one piece! You can construct a vertical, warp-weighted loom as big as you need and that is one of the reasons why such garments were so horribly expensive (The other one being the price of the luxury raw materials employed in them)!
We, poor 21st century reenactors are compelled to reconstruct military cloaks and togas in two pieces because the only fabric availables (even if hand-woven like mine, furnished by Cacaius) don't exceed a width of 150 cm!
An additional problem for the chlamys is that the tabliones should be embroidered, painted, stitched across the seam... :evil:
Aitor
Be SURE, that they woven the darned thing in just one piece! You can construct a vertical, warp-weighted loom as big as you need and that is one of the reasons why such garments were so horribly expensive (The other one being the price of the luxury raw materials employed in them)!
We, poor 21st century reenactors are compelled to reconstruct military cloaks and togas in two pieces because the only fabric availables (even if hand-woven like mine, furnished by Cacaius) don't exceed a width of 150 cm!
An additional problem for the chlamys is that the tabliones should be embroidered, painted, stitched across the seam... :evil:
Aitor
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