Castellated Hose

**JPS** · 22nd June 21, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

One thing that stands out to me is that when we talk about castellated hose, there are two different ways of achieving the look. Richard, you posted a picture of your own hose, which are meant to create a castellated top, but here, there's another method, folding down the top to create only the appearance of a castellated hose behind a contrasting foreground (for the record, I think this looks a bit neater). I wonder if one of these predated the other, or whether they developed independently of one another.

**OC Richard** · 24th June 21, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by JPS

...folding down the top to create only the appearance of a castellated hose behind a contrasting foreground...

I can't remember seeing another image of folded-over castellated hose like that.

There appears to be a seam around the top, so that the hose might be permanently in that orientation.

About the contrast, it was common in Victorian times for tartan or diced hose to have "marl" turnover cuffs, so I'm not surprised to see hose having tops that contrast with the body of the hose. My castellated hose are like that.