Textiles & Weaving, Clothing & Stitchery
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Fashionable Encounters: Perspectives and trends in textile and dress in the Early Modern Nordic World [Hardback]
Tove Engelhardt Mathiassen (Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor); Maj Ringgaard (Editor); Kirsten Toftegaard (Editor); Mikkel Venborg Pederson (Editor)
Regular Price: $76.00
Special Price: $57.00
ISBN: 9781782973829
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
At the heart of this anthology lies the world of fashion: a concept that pervades the realm of clothes and dress; appearances and fashionable manners; interior design; ideas and attitudes. Here sixteen papers focus on the Nordic w... .... Learn More -
Tools, Textiles and Contexts: Textile Production in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age [Hardback]
Eva Andersson Strand (Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor)
Regular Price: $96.00
Special Price: $77.00
ISBN: 9781842174722
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: ANCIENT TEXTILES SERIES
Volume: 13
Textile production is one of the most important crafts in Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age societies and recent interdisciplinary and collaborative work offers crucial new perspectives into this field. The new and updat... .... Learn More -
Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities [Hardback]
Margarita Gleba (Editor); Judit Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke (Editor)
Regular Price: $60.00
Special Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781842177679
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 14
Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past. While most textiles were manufactured at a household level, valued textiles were traded over long distances and these trade networks were i... .... Learn More -
Tyttel’s Halh: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Tittleshall, Norfolk: the Archaeology of the Bacton to King’s Lynn Gas Pipeline, Volume 2 [Paperback]
Penelope Walton Rogers (Author)
$30.00ISBN: 9780957228818
Published by : East Anglian Archaeology
The cemetery lay south of the modern village of Tittleshall, on the side of a Bronze Age barrow. It was founded in the 5th century, and was in use throughout the 6th and early 7th century. One male burial may belong to the later 7... .... Learn More -
Ancient Textiles, Modern Science [Paperback]
Heather Hopkins (Editor)
Regular Price: $65.00
Special Price: $48.00
ISBN: 9781842176641
Published by : Oxbow Books
The European Textile Forum was founded as an annual meeting for academics, craftspeople, re-enactors and enthusiasts to share their experiences and compare notes. With varied day workshops and evening lectures, the ‘Textilfo... .... Learn More -
Engendering objects: Dynamics of Barkcloth and Gender among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea [Paperback]
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Author)
$70.00ISBN: 9789088901454
Published by : Sidestone Press
Engendering objects explores social and cultural dynamics among Maisin people in Collingwood Bay (Papua New Guinea) through the lens of material culture. Focusing upon the visually stimulating decorated barkcloths that are used as... .... Learn More -
Leatherwork from Qasr Ibrim (Egypt). Part I: Footwear from the Ottoman Period [Paperback]
Andre J Veldmeijer (Author)
$130.00ISBN: 9789088900969
Published by : Sidestone Press
Throughout its long history, stretching from the 25th Dynasty (c. 752-656 BC) to the Ottoman Period (c. 1500-1811 AD), Qasr Ibrim was one of the most important settlements in Egyptian Nubia. The site has produced an unprecedented ... .... Learn More -
Rigmaroles and Ragamuffins: Unpicking Words we Derive from Textiles [Paperback]
Elinor Kapp (Author)
$19.95ISBN: 9780957475908
Published by : Elinor Kapp
The English language has developed over many centuries from many diverse languages and cultures, some now lost. If we want to bring to life something of its impressive history, we might use the metaphor of a great river into which... .... Learn More -
Costume: A Volume for the London Olympics [Paperback]
John Hughson (Editor); Fiona Skillen (Author)
$49.00ISBN: 9781907975721
Published by : Maney Publishing
Series: COSTUME
This volume, consisting of papers originally delivered at the Sport and Fashion symposium in 2011, celebrates the connection between sport and the clothes and fashion which are associated with certain sporting activities. Articles include a stu... .... Learn More -
Dress and Identity (IAA Interdisciplinary Series) [Paperback]
Mary Harlow (Author)
$100.00ISBN: 9781407309422
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This collection of papers on 'Dress and Identity' arose from a seminar series held by the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham in 2005. The present volume covers a wide chronological and geographical span: from archa... .... Learn More