This analysis is brilliant! Natural pleating makes sense for so many reasons. The idea that cadres of slaves were lavishly assigned to hand pleat the clothes each time they were washed would only make sense for the hyper elite. But the appearance of this effect would of course be desirable for classes with less power. So yes, it appears she found the answer to what is essentially a problem of social and economic structure.
And now I have a new fascination. I am in the process of making a replica Egyptian spindle, to have a go at splicing and spinning yarn. I am not a clever enough weaver to try and weave with it, but maybe one day, a friend of mine can try, based on this video. Thank you so much.
i want to make a 1910s-1970s haute couture gown called a delphos gown if i were a weaver i would definitely trymaking self pleating fabric (although fortuny, the designer, patented his process and his wife is credited to have made most of the earlier models by pleating with her fingernails, so it's pretty clea those gowns were pleated out of silk taffeta)
This analysis is brilliant! Natural pleating makes sense for so many reasons. The idea that cadres of slaves were lavishly assigned to hand pleat the clothes each time they were washed would only make sense for the hyper elite. But the appearance of this effect would of course be desirable for classes with less power. So yes, it appears she found the answer to what is essentially a problem of social and economic structure.
And now I have a new fascination. I am in the process of making a replica Egyptian spindle, to have a go at splicing and spinning yarn. I am not a clever enough weaver to try and weave with it, but maybe one day, a friend of mine can try, based on this video. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much Ann for such an interesting information it helps me on my final project Handweavers Diploma.
i want to make a 1910s-1970s haute couture gown called a delphos gown if i were a weaver i would definitely trymaking self pleating fabric (although fortuny, the designer, patented his process and his wife is credited to have made most of the earlier models by pleating with her fingernails, so it's pretty clea those gowns were pleated out of silk taffeta)