The closest I have seen to documentation on the cost of these items in the past was Katrin Kania's research into netting cauls and her estimations on the time it would take to reproduce the item she was looking at here:
Her words, "When calculating the same overall size for the tiny-meshed net, I'd need about 16 times the amount of single meshes for the tiny net (since there would fit 16 meshes into one large mesh). Which means 16 times 30 hours, that is 480 hours just for the base of the hairnet! Add to that the embroidery, which I'd guess takes at least as long (maybe one of the embroidering people can pitch in here) - that would leave you at roughly one thousand hours of work just for a puny hairnet."
As Katrin points out, in modern terms that is roughly six months of work.
*blinks eyes*
Of course, an inventory item estimating the value of one of these would be lovely. Do you happen to remember if there were any listed in the Textiler Hausrat? I could then talk to my armor friends and come up with a comparison in prices between the HAT and the FULL SUIT to get an idea of just how nuts this might have been.
The sumptuary laws are another resource; with the possible value of these items I would be sort of shocked if they weren't regulated in some way.
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http://togs-from-bogs.blogspot.com/2009/04/hairnets-part-v.html#links
Her words, "When calculating the same overall size for the tiny-meshed net, I'd need about 16 times the amount of single meshes for the tiny net (since there would fit 16 meshes into one large mesh). Which means 16 times 30 hours, that is 480 hours just for the base of the hairnet! Add to that the embroidery, which I'd guess takes at least as long (maybe one of the embroidering people can pitch in here) - that would leave you at roughly one thousand hours of work just for a puny hairnet."
As Katrin points out, in modern terms that is roughly six months of work.
*blinks eyes*
Of course, an inventory item estimating the value of one of these would be lovely. Do you happen to remember if there were any listed in the Textiler Hausrat? I could then talk to my armor friends and come up with a comparison in prices between the HAT and the FULL SUIT to get an idea of just how nuts this might have been.
The sumptuary laws are another resource; with the possible value of these items I would be sort of shocked if they weren't regulated in some way.