[Regia-NA] Embroidery? (pics)

[Carolyn Priest-Dorman]

Wil wrote:

>would it have been more authentic
>to do the embroidery on a seperate piece of fabric, then sew that fabric as an
>edging onto the tunic? I seem to recall that the wool Mammen tunic had silk
>cuffs which were embroidered, but *ALSO* featured embroidery done directly to
>the material.

None of the Mammen embroideries were found on silk:  they were all on the 
red 2/1 twill wools and the wool cushion.  You might be thinking of the 
silk cuffs, which were padded and ornamented with metallic brocaded tablet 
weaving.

However, embroidered silk strips were applied to garments in Viking 
cultural contexts in the ninth and tenth century at Birka and 
Valsgaerde.  Whether or not that makes it an okay thing to do in the Regia 
context is not up to me, though.


Carolyn Priest-Dorman              Þóra Sharptooth
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