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Medieval Textiles

Dressing the Past
edited by Margarita Gleba, Cherine Munkholt and Marie-Louise Nosch
Minoan ladies, Scythian warriors, Roman and Sarmatian merchants, prehistoric weavers, gold sheet figures, Vikings, Medieval saints and sinners, Renaissance noblemen, Danish peasants, dressmakers and Hollywood stars appear in the pages of this anthology. This is not necessarily how they dressed in the past, but how the authors of this book think they dressed in the past, and why they think so. No reader of this book will ever look at a ...
Paperback. Price GB £25.00

Metal Buttons: c.900 BC - c. 1700 AD
by Brian Read
Among everyday dress-accessories, buttons are probably the most ubiquitous. This book differs from most other publications in that examples are subjected to a detailed manufactory analysis, each being described both textually and illustratively. The second edition is updated with the evidence from new finds. 133p col and b/w illus (Portcullis Publishing 2005, 2nd ed 2010)
Paperback. Price GB £18.00

Hooked-Clasps and Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings and Toggles
by Brian Read
This comprehensive, clearly set out, and well-illustrated book is subtitled A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles, which seems like a pretty good description of its contents. Artefacts range from the Roman to early post-medieval periods, and comprise small artefacts, primarily of low status, and used as dresswear. 238p col and b/w illus (Portcullis Press ...
Paperback. Price GB £19.95

Viking Clothing
by Thor Ewing
Contrary to popular myth the Vikings had a reputation for neatness and their fashions were copied far beyond the realms of Scandinavia. This accessible new book is the first to tackle the question of what the Vikings wore, drawing on evidence from art and archaeology, literature and linguistics to arrive at a fresh understanding of the nature of Viking clothing, covering rich and poor, men and women - across Scandinavia. It includes and overview ...
Paperback. Price GB £17.99

Dress in Anglo-Saxon England
by Gale R Owen-Crocker
`I became increasingly intrigued by the fact that while I could physically touch the mortal remains of Anglo-Saxon people by excavating their graves, and metaphorically touch their minds by appreciating their artefacts, my conception of their living presence was limited because I did not know how to dress them in my imagination.' So begins Gale Owen-Crocker's introduction to this new, revised edition of her excellent and comprehensive study of ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £30.00, Our Price GB £14.95

The Inventory of King Henry VIII: Textiles and Dress
edited by Maria Hayward and Philip Ward
The Inventory is not only a catalogue of magnificence but also a key text for evaluating the successes and failures of the Tudor monarchy. Henry VIII had extravagant ideas of image and authority and loved his possessions, amongst which where over 2,000 pieces of tapestry, 2,028 items of gold and silver plate and 41 growns. Although he left the country with heavy debts and an empty exchequer, he was far from bankrupting the monarchy as some ...
Hardback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £123.00

Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515
by Anne H. van Buren with the assistance of Roger Weeks
This enormous, beautifully illustrated, and surprisingly reasonable book uses manuscript illuminations, panel painting, tapestry and sculpture to trace changing fashions across the Later Middle Ages. Examining the role of social customs and politics in influencing dress, it demonstrates the richness of symbolism in medieval art and how artists used clothing and costume to help viewers interpret an image. At the heart of the work is 'A Pictorial ...
Hardback. Price GB £65.00

Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature
by E. Jane Burns
This intriguing book looks at the depiction of female silk workers in Old French literature, arguing that literary portraits of medieval heroines who produce and decorate silk cloth or otherwise manipulate items of silk outline a metaphorical geography that includes France as an important cultural player in the silk economics of the Mediterranean. Within this literary sea of silk, female protagonists who "work" silk in a variety of ways often ...
Hardback. Price GB £39.00

Worldwide History of Dress
by Patricia Rieff Anawalt
The Worldwide History of Dress covers every notable geographical region, historical period and style of costume worldwide from Upper Paleolithic plant-fibre skirts, Ancient Egyptian linen shifts and Roman togas, through Mongolian shamanic robes, Japanese kimonos and Indian saris, to nineteenth-century Tyrolean dirndls, African ceremonial attire and Middle Eastern burqa. While tracing influences from culture to culture, this tour-de-force includes ...
Hardback. Price GB £59.95

Early Christian Dress: Gender, Virtue and Authority
by Kristi Upson-Saia
Early Christian Dress is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early Christianity. It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and shaped Christian identity, the role dress played in Christians' rivalries with pagan ...
Hardback. Price GB £80.00