Re: Fustian and Linen for bowstrings (long)

[Jörg Bellinghausen]

Hi Dave!

> If it was twill in Germnay then it was likely to
> have been so in England as
> a lot appears, at least by the end of the c15th, to
> have been imported from
> southern Germnay esp. Ulm which in turn was an
> industry imported from Italy
> (hopefully my geography hasn't embarassed me too
> much here) via Flanders
> into England. Although there are a few tantalising
> refs. to it in East
> Anglia.
AFAIK, there were large fustian weaving mills in Cologne,too, but I'll
check this out, just to be shure.

> 
> I was surprised as the pieces of what I believe to
> be fustian on some of
> the surviving Brigandines is , from memory a
> plain/tabby weave, and this
> would be more typical of linen cloths in general.
Interesting. Do you have any evidence for linen/cotton fabrics in a
plain or tabby  weave? 


> I was worried by the Shomaker bit rahter than the
> Irish .or Linen..
Shoemakers linen should be rather commonly available, and not too
expensive, that's why I chose it.
 
Best,
Jörg
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