#fabricproblems
This past Saturday the Medievalisms class I am undertaking my gown project for visited the Cloisters in NYC. It was a truly wonderful experience, absolutely gorgeous, and created this awe-some sense of immersion within the Middle Ages (which has its own problems, too, at least with the stern historian. But that’s why my class traveled there to begin with, to discuss how it was problematic but still important.). For me though, it also created a lot of #fabricproblems. There were barely any extant garments, and those that were were ecclesiastical, so that wasn’t the problem. What really caused my doubt regarding the fabric I had purchased for my gown were the tapestries. The tapestries often didn’t get into patterns (who wants to embroider that? not me!), but when they did we’re talking large-scale, repeating, plant motifs. Think a traditional damask pattern, but a little more spaced out. In other words, not my all over scroll print. One tapestry got somewha...