10-13-2005, 01:32 AM
Regarding the straw turning to "mush", it has sometimes occurred to me that the vertical quilting often depicted on aketons/gambesons/subarmali might have been open ended, enabling old straw to be removed and new, more rigid, straw to be inserted in its place, before the 'quilting' was sewn or laced up again.
Just a thought.
Crispvs
Just a thought.
Crispvs
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