From the Jensen article: " As will be seen, this kersey material was used almost exclusively in the Type III Richmond Depot jacket, which dates to the last part of the war. This, plus the fact that the same material is found in a group of Irish-made jackets described below, argues strongly that this gray kersey is English-made cloth run through the blockade."
Does this mean that a type III in something other than B/G kersey would be very rare?
From another site re Bob Denton:
"Based on the research that Chris Graham and I did way back when, all the existing jackets that conform to Jensen's RDIII typology (and the Irish "Tait" variant) were made using B/G-kersey and although they varied in the way they were assembled and finished, the patterns were identical. What was even more remarkable was that the B/G-kersey of the various pieces we examined were very close in hue, chroma and L-value, suggesting that the fabric may have been colored using relatively stable, synthetic dyes. All of the pieces we were able to examine under magnification showed that the fabric was woven using several different color threads (e.g. blue, black, white and grayish-blue), so the thread was dyed prior to being woven.
The thing that is problematic about Les' typology is that we have no examples of the RDI or RDII "types" that have been established as actually originating with the Richmond Depot. I've often said that a more realistic typology would be "...the RDIII, and everything else the RD made."
Regarding your original question(s): 1. An RDIII made from something other than B/G-kersey has yet to be identified, and we have more examples of this type than any other. So yes, an RDIII made from something other than B/G-kersey would be rare (or nonexistent). 2. Do we have any "RDIIs"? I believe all the examples of this "type" currently in existence are private contract items. Until we have one that can be identified as a RD manufactured jacket the point of whether they were made with or without B/G-kersey is rather moot."
Does this mean that a type III in something other than B/G kersey would be very rare?
From another site re Bob Denton:
"Based on the research that Chris Graham and I did way back when, all the existing jackets that conform to Jensen's RDIII typology (and the Irish "Tait" variant) were made using B/G-kersey and although they varied in the way they were assembled and finished, the patterns were identical. What was even more remarkable was that the B/G-kersey of the various pieces we examined were very close in hue, chroma and L-value, suggesting that the fabric may have been colored using relatively stable, synthetic dyes. All of the pieces we were able to examine under magnification showed that the fabric was woven using several different color threads (e.g. blue, black, white and grayish-blue), so the thread was dyed prior to being woven.
The thing that is problematic about Les' typology is that we have no examples of the RDI or RDII "types" that have been established as actually originating with the Richmond Depot. I've often said that a more realistic typology would be "...the RDIII, and everything else the RD made."
Regarding your original question(s): 1. An RDIII made from something other than B/G-kersey has yet to be identified, and we have more examples of this type than any other. So yes, an RDIII made from something other than B/G-kersey would be rare (or nonexistent). 2. Do we have any "RDIIs"? I believe all the examples of this "type" currently in existence are private contract items. Until we have one that can be identified as a RD manufactured jacket the point of whether they were made with or without B/G-kersey is rather moot."
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