Appropriate Viking Twills, Denmark v. Norway

[ragnvaeig]

While I was working on my Køstrup dress, I was working with Rimstad's tables from Vikinger i uld og guld about the frequency with which different types of weaves are found in Danish Viking contexts. She quotes 2/2 twills as being 12% of the total finds, herringbone at 2% and diamond twill at 1%. Considering only 10th century samples, it makes up

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[eleanor_deyeson]

This is a theses about methods of textile analysis - appended to it are tables of Scandinavian era textiles in York & Lincoln, England, and a table on Scottish textiles of the period. There are a lot of sources listed and commentary on "Birka-type" versus "Veka-type" Norwegian twills. Some of the sources might help you out.

http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5599/1/5599_3015.PDF?UkUDh:CyT

[ragnvaeig]

Thank you for reminding me about Philippa's thesis! That'll be next on my list to poke through.