[MR] cotton

[Woodrow Jarvis Hill]

> What someone said in the authenticity thread (I can't remember who since the 
> thread is so long) implied that cotton was not a period fabric.
> It prompted me to do a little research.  
[snipped fine notes on cotton]
> So, all of my fellow SCAdians who've been wondering about 
> the authenticity of their cotton garb, relax.  

My understanding, from having heard/read this sentiment many times, is that the concept of cotton not being period is _not_ about cotton not existing. Rather, it's about cotton not being widely available to W. Europe during most of period. Since it's been years since I've done any research into W. European cloth, I cannot speak to the truth of that. I know that various emissaries in late period to Ottoman Turkey, of all types, knew about cotton; goomluks (Ottoman undershirts/chemises) are often description as being of cotton, for example.

Does that make sense, in this context?


----asim