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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1102548, member: 8267"]As ecclesiastical iconography tends to be very conservative, one way of establishing a possible date would be a careful examination of the fabric and sewing threads used. For example, if everything is hand spun and hand woven silk, linen and wool, it would support an earlier date than if there is machine woven cloth, or cotton sewing thread used. Distinguishing linen from cotton thread is best done with a microscope. If cotton sewing thread is found, a date after about 1800 would be indicated. An analysis of the structure of a cotton sewing thread can further narrow down a date after which the piece could have been made. The earliest cotton threads were 3-ply, and these continue to be made. But 6-ply threads, with 6 individual threads twisted together, were introduced about 1840. 6-ply threads made with 3 sets of 2-ply threads twisted together were introduced about 1860.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1102548, member: 8267"]As ecclesiastical iconography tends to be very conservative, one way of establishing a possible date would be a careful examination of the fabric and sewing threads used. For example, if everything is hand spun and hand woven silk, linen and wool, it would support an earlier date than if there is machine woven cloth, or cotton sewing thread used. Distinguishing linen from cotton thread is best done with a microscope. If cotton sewing thread is found, a date after about 1800 would be indicated. An analysis of the structure of a cotton sewing thread can further narrow down a date after which the piece could have been made. The earliest cotton threads were 3-ply, and these continue to be made. But 6-ply threads, with 6 individual threads twisted together, were introduced about 1840. 6-ply threads made with 3 sets of 2-ply threads twisted together were introduced about 1860.[/QUOTE]
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