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Author Topic: material for coat armor Dave Rylak Member Member # 342 posted 11-26-2002 12:13 AM                I'm having a coat armor made after the Charles VI preserved at Chartres. The shell will be linen but I'm looking for options regarding the covering. While the original is silk brocade that may not fit my budget and I wonder if wool, plain silk, or silk velvet would be appropriate/ justifiable for use on such a garment? Thanks in advance. Dave Registered: Jul 2002  |  IP: Logged chef de chambre Admin & Advocatus Diaboli Member # 4 posted 11-26-2002 09:09 AM                   Hi Dave, Fustian was considered a nicer sort of cloth, that is not as expensive as brocade or silk, which would be inappropriate unless portraying someone in the middleing ranks of the arristocracy, or the upper middle class (depending on country). It was a nice enough material that you see it cropping up in inventories of knightly families. There is a place on the web that has real linen warp/cotton weft fustisan, for @ $5 a yard. -------------------- Bob R. Registered: May 2000  |  IP: Logged Dave Rylak Member Member # 342 posted 11-28-2002 07:31 PM                Thanks Bob, I can't believe I didn't think of fustian. It should be ideal for they way I intend to use this garment. The best price I've found on line so far is $9/yrd from Ghost Forge. Do you recall the name of the $5/yrd place by any chance? Registered: Jul 2002  |  IP: Logged Fire Stryker Admin & Advocatus Diaboli Member # 2 posted 12-02-2002 09:35 PM                   Hi Dave, I finally found the URL - it follows http://www.carolinacalicoes.com -------------------- ad finem fidelis Registered: May 2000  |  IP: Logged miller Member Member # 43 posted 12-06-2002 11:16 PM                   Which weave would be the best choice? I was going to ask this same question. Registered: Sep 2000  |  IP: Logged

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