Fabric

From Cunnan
Jump to navigationJump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

The word fabric refers to any sheet of material made by weaving things together. This means that chainmaille is a fabric while paper is not. (of course, by this definition, felt isn't a fabric either)

So period fabric materials included:

  • Linen - mainly for underclothes and lining wool
  • Cotton - rare in late period, almost completely non-existant in early period, generally a fluffy fabric like flannelette, not often similar to our modern cotton
  • Wool - used for dresses, tunics, cloaks
  • Silk - expensive because it was brighter, stronger, and nicer.
  • Hemp - used by peasants sometimes in place of linen. Hemp is coarser than linen.
  • nettle cloth - yes early period people made cloth from nettles, I think it was somewhat like linen.