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Types of Medieval Cloth?

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Sir Brian:
I am contemplating on overhauling my harness a little bit, namely redoing my surcoat in a type of cloth more appropriate to the period of my harness. I would probably focus on just my primary color/metal, i.e. green and yellow. What limited research I conducted via the internet confirmed what I already knew about linen being used, but what other types of cloth were available that would’ve been used in making surcoats?  ???

Sir Edward:

Primarily Linen, Wool, and possibly silk. And that's pretty much it. :)

Sir Brian:
Right! Animal, vegetable or um worm.  :D

Sir Wolf:
Fabrics

    Linen

        * Fabrics - Store.com - Awesome linen at a good price.
        * Fashion Fabrics Club - Great linen quality

    Wool

        * Woolrich Fabrics - Great selection but not the lowest prices; if you need a specific color they likely have it.
        * Fashion Fabrics Club - Often has good light weight wools in stock
        * BBlack and Sons - Good coat weight wool.
        * Denver Fabrics - Good rotating stock.
        * Fabric.com - Hit or miss on their stock.
        * Hamilton Dry Goods - Email first, they don't update their site often.
        * Carolina Calicoes - They have more than is on their website. Email them for what they have is stock. Warning they travel allot and are slow to email back sometimes.

    Hemp

        * Hemp Traders

    Silk

        * Rupert, Gibbon & Spider, Inc.
        * Thai Silks
        * Dharma Trading Co.




i would go for 100% linen from http://www.fabrics-store.com/ say around the 5.3 oz (middle of the road) thickness.

Sir Brian:
Thank you Sir Wolf!  :)

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