[fwd] EK: Attention Garbaholics

[James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain <alasdair.maciain@snet.net>]

Poster: James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain <alasdair.maciain@snet.net>

>Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:35:09 -0700 (MST)
>From: "Louise Sugar" <dragonfyr@tycho.com>
>To: sca-east@indra.com
>Subject: EK: Attention Garbaholics
>
>-Poster: "Louise Sugar" <dragonfyr@tycho.com>
>
>This fellow is advertising fabric for Civil War reenactors but may easily
>have period type fabric that the SCA garb people can use.  Hope this is
>helpful
>
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>
>
>Marling & Evans Ltd is a very long established West of England Woollen cloth
>manuafacturer. The business was originally founded in the 16th century -
>though there have been some changes since!
>
>Over the centuries the company has supplied uniform cloth, and although our
>main business is now cloth for upper market gentlemen's and ladies' clothing
>(in the states Polo Ralph Lauren is a principal customer) we have lately
>used our expertise to create special cloths for re-enactors - from Vikings
>to WW1 soldiers.
>
>Recently we were asked to investigate the possibilities of making Jean cloth
>for Civil War uniforms, and have come up with a quality and colour range
>which is finding favour on this side of the atlantic with American Civil War
>re-enactors. I think our quality is better than that of the jean cloths I
>have seen: so many makers of historical textiles assume that with age goes a
>rough-and-readiness! In fact 19th century cloth making was a highly skilled
>art.
>
>The cloth we have come up with is 60" wide and is made in (approx) 67 yard
>pieces. We have prepared a colour blanket of approximately 300 subtle shades
>(blues, greys, buffs etc) in the correct Civil War colour area.
>
>We are now looking for selected companies/re-enactment societies to work
>with in the US. If this cloth might be of interest to you, please email me
>to discuss the matter further. We can also develop and supply historical
>cloth for other re-enactment periods too!
>
>Best regards
>
>
>Richard Martin
>Marling & Evans
>wool.weavers@dial.pipex.com
>
>
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