[Regia-NA] Llan-gors textile (was embroidery)

[Kate Dudman]

Carolyn,

You wrote:
>Some of the embroidery threads were tested a couple weeks ago under the
SEM, and >turned out completely unexpectedly to be linen, spun and plyed in
a completely
>unexpected manner.

Do you have a description of how the linen was spun and plied? Thank you.

For anyone that is interested the paper Steve has on this textile comes
from:

Pattern and Purpose in Insular Art
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Insular Art
held at the National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff 3-6 September 1998
Oxbow Books 2001 (www.oxbowbooks.com)
ISBN 1 84217 058 9

Part III Art & Archaeology
8 A Fine Quality Insular Embroidery from Llan-gors Crannog, near Brecon
(Hero Granger-Taylor and Frances Pritchard)

Cheers,

Kate.