tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6682809952866461142..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: RED ALL ABOUT IT: A Bit of a History of Scarlet Cloth by Elizabeth ChadwickMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67258507994394101332017-02-27T17:30:40.846+00:002017-02-27T17:30:40.846+00:00I love fabrics too, so really enjoyed this. So do ...I love fabrics too, so really enjoyed this. So do you think the red petticoats of the medieval and Elizabethan era were a sign of wealth? I thought they were that colour to hide menstrual blood. Or maybe in the history books I've read (and no longer quote), 'scarlet' was changed to 'red' when in fact they weren't red in colour but good quality wool?Janie Hamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474227107768216646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27289807368448641742017-02-26T15:54:05.970+00:002017-02-26T15:54:05.970+00:00Fascinating! I had no idea it was originally a typ...Fascinating! I had no idea it was originally a type of cloth, and not just a colour.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-35300862716577904002017-02-25T08:24:11.398+00:002017-02-25T08:24:11.398+00:00Thanks for this! I'm fascinated by the history...Thanks for this! I'm fascinated by the history of pigments. I highly recommend a book called "A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage and the Quest for the Color of Desire" by Amy Butler Greenfield. It's a well-researched history of red pigment and how rare and valuable it was.Dara Hurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908614264689836235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90587792969075715752017-02-24T18:23:26.731+00:002017-02-24T18:23:26.731+00:00So interesting!
So interesting!<br />Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27907808958907590892017-02-24T13:52:04.027+00:002017-02-24T13:52:04.027+00:00Yes, I trawled and got mine for quite a lot less t...Yes, I trawled and got mine for quite a lot less than that, but still a sizeable chunk... but I felt it was going to be very useful as a core reference work so I splurged! Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-7274482874627792282017-02-24T12:41:26.430+00:002017-02-24T12:41:26.430+00:00Really interesting stuff. The encyclopedia looks f...Really interesting stuff. The encyclopedia looks fascinating but am now going to put in a request to the uni library as it is retailing at £232, gulp.Catherine Hokinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16251036106757891834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49648310564170484922017-02-24T10:51:09.859+00:002017-02-24T10:51:09.859+00:00Sally, I'm fascinated by the history of fabric...Sally, I'm fascinated by the history of fabric and fashion too, although my knowledge isn't as wide ranging as yours. I expect that the sumptuary laws of the high middle ages would have prevented ordinary plebs from wearing scarlet. I remember in the Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal that some French treasure ships were plundered and scarlet cloth retrieved and distributed. 'On the next day if you had seen the sailors, rich in cloth and money, walking up and down the road, dressed in scarlet and silk.' (eskarlete e de seie). Thanks for the comment, I had forgotten about the Marshal quote, I'm going to pop back into the blog and edit it in!) :-) Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-53126075418919969522017-02-24T10:22:23.848+00:002017-02-24T10:22:23.848+00:00Absolutely fascinating, Elizabeth. I have been int...Absolutely fascinating, Elizabeth. I have been interested in the history of fabric and fashion in context for a very long time, since childhood I suppose. I even took an A level paper (as a mature lady in a small class of 16-year-olds) at a local high school entitled 'Fabric and Fashion.' Although it concentrated on the 19th and 20th century, one paper was more comprehensive and studied the manufacture and differing water-retaining nature of cloth - wool, cotton, silk -from ancient times to the latest man-made fibres plus dying, tentering and fulling from pre-history. I loved it. <br /><br />Wasn't there a law which prevented people of a lower status from wearing scarlet cloth or have I dreamed it?Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.com