tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post8896878461490815422..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: Interesting Article On Iron Age ClothesCathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-65777662076270513882012-07-10T11:25:05.894-04:002012-07-10T11:25:05.894-04:00@ The Dreamstress: I wondered the same thing.
Cer...@ The Dreamstress: I wondered the same thing.<br /><br />Certainly it's been known for awhile that Iron Age textiles included plaids--Marguerite Hald included photographs (in black and white) of several examples in her book "Old Danish Textiles" (originally published in Danish in 1950; English translation first published in 1980). But I think the information that the Huldremose skirt was originally a bright, primary-colored plaid is new. It has not been usual to test archaeological fabrics to determine the chemical nature of the dyestuff used (about the only way to guess what the original color might have been) and still isn't. Recent work has made it clear that fabric that looks mud colored now could have been a bright color when new because of the way the chemical changes resulting from burial affects dye colors. I discussed an article on this subject from NESAT X <a href="http://cathyscostumeblog.blogspot.com/search?q=colorful+iron+age" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-85294578028150507772012-07-10T11:13:21.582-04:002012-07-10T11:13:21.582-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-1502483657928197062012-07-10T05:41:34.659-04:002012-07-10T05:41:34.659-04:00And plaid/tartan/checked fabric (what you call it ...And plaid/tartan/checked fabric (what you call it depends on where in the world you are - it's another one of those fun terms like calico that can vary hugely in meaning) is also found in Pre-Colombian textiles. <br /><br />Is this new information? I've been lecturing on the difference in what the Huldremose woman's clothing looks like now, and what it originally looked like (with the tannins in the bog dyeing the fibres brown) for 5 years now, and how we see the emergence of plaids/tartans in the Iron Age Halsaat salt mine finds, and I'm hardly an expert in Bronze & Iron age textiles!The Dreamstresshttp://thedreamstress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-80229820163731007202012-06-21T18:54:46.195-04:002012-06-21T18:54:46.195-04:00You're welcome!
"Tartan", in the ...You're welcome! <br /><br />"Tartan", in the sense of special designs associated with clans or families, isn't all that old, but plaid is ancient. It's also international--it turns up in Southeastern Asian textiles, for example.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-6272125463182490032012-06-21T18:41:25.413-04:002012-06-21T18:41:25.413-04:00Thanks for the excellent link, gosh, I didn't ...Thanks for the excellent link, gosh, I didn't realise 'tartan' was so old!Beth Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160368186306629601noreply@blogger.com