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Nikki
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posted 06-01-2000 04:45 PM     Profile for Nikki   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Does anyone know of sources that list comparative fabric prices, preferably at the same place and time, so you can get an idea of the comparative expense of different weaves/fiber content/weights? I have seen some various prices listed, but none that I recall were comparative as such. And just as lovely would be similar information for different colors of fabric, or costs of dyestuffs.

-nikki


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Dave Key
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posted 06-02-2000 06:25 AM     Profile for Dave Key   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I'll try and pull some together for you.

There are actually quite a few ... from Import valutions (Southampton, London Hull etc.) to cloth purchases and inventories (whether from wills or Hosehold books etc.) to legal accounts for maunfacture and export etc.

There is even an extant breakdown of the costs of cloth production from sheep to final market included in the English Historical Documents series for the c15th.


The real problem comes when you try to tally the cloths with what they actually looked like (weight etc.) There are some guides here in the legal requirements on cloth widths and weights but it's not a straightforward equation.

I've just re-hashed a cloth overview for The Company of Saynt George which should be in the next edition of Dragon ... this attempts to provide a unitary valuation per square quarter yard ... but this uses price ranges.

The date and the locale will significantly affect the prices because of additional factors like availablity, transportation, rareity, competition desirability/fashion etc etc etc.

Cheers
Dave


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