05-07-2007, 11:17 AM
Quote:just a handful still exist to be bought for outrageous prices today, in the first case just 200 years later, and in the latter case, less than 100 years. Ergo, a tiny fraction of textile items survive to be passed on - thank you for adding to my point, wish I'd thought of it !You can pick up the WW1 stuff for next to nothing, especially leather. Victorian dress uniform coats can be had for $170. There's heaps of the stuff to be bought.
Napoleonic is far rarer. You're ignoring the likelihood that they were not cared for simply because King's/Queen's regulation dress changed and simple fashion changed, so were therefore thrown out or recycled. It's the exact opposite of a linothorax which would be retained for further use. Sorry for detracting from your point :wink:
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