10-31-2006, 11:59 PM
Robert wrote:
That's because you need to get off the net and spend more time in a library or in a Museum Robert :wink: . Not far from you in Antwerp is one of the best private collections of Coptic textiles in the world. Sadly I have not seen it myself but have it on good authority that there is some pretty amazing things in there. It is possible to book appointments for a private viewing.
Failing that look out for exhibitions and their catalogues like the recent one from Manchester. I advised people especially the late Romans amongst RAT members to get there, as there were a number of complete examples of clothes including cloaks, tunics and hats. Not sure whether anyone else from RAT went which is a bit of a sad reflection I think.
Graham.
Quote:it's not easy over here either to find good patterns!
That's because you need to get off the net and spend more time in a library or in a Museum Robert :wink: . Not far from you in Antwerp is one of the best private collections of Coptic textiles in the world. Sadly I have not seen it myself but have it on good authority that there is some pretty amazing things in there. It is possible to book appointments for a private viewing.
Failing that look out for exhibitions and their catalogues like the recent one from Manchester. I advised people especially the late Romans amongst RAT members to get there, as there were a number of complete examples of clothes including cloaks, tunics and hats. Not sure whether anyone else from RAT went which is a bit of a sad reflection I think.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
