Textiles & Weaving, Clothing & Stitchery
Archaeological textiles and textile production, preservation techniques, styles of dress, and textiles in past economies, societies and cultures.
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The Roman Textile Industry and its influence [Paperback]
Penelope Walton Rogers (Author); Lise Bender Jorgensen (Author); Antoinette Rast-Eicher (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9781782977407
Published by : Oxbow Books
Textiles were a hugely important Roman industry yet, because of their perishable nature, only fragments remain. These twenty-two essays provide a detailed study of surviving fragments from across the Roman world, from the dry sands of Egypt to ... .... Learn More -
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 10 [Hardback]
Robin Netherton (Editor); Gale R. Owen-Crocker (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9781843839071
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The usual wide range of approaches to garments and fabrics appears in this tenth volume. Three chapters focus on practical matters: a description of the medieval vestments surviving at Castel Sant'Elia in Italy; a survey of the sp... .... Learn More -
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)
£45.00ISBN: 9781782973829
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 14
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 -
Silk for the Vikings [Paperback]
Marianne Vedeler (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781782972150
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 15
The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumptio... .... Learn More -
Archaeological Footwear [Hardback]
Marquita Volken (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9789089321176
Published by : SPA Uitgevers
The knowledge of how to make a shoe pattern was certainly the ancient shoemaker’s most closely guarded secret, passed from master to apprentice but never written down.
Now, after 20 years of research, the principles ... .... Learn More -
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Carpets from Islamic Lands [Paperback]
Friedrich Spuhler (Author)
£19.95ISBN: 9780500970430
Published by : Thames and Hudson
Carpets from Islamic lands have been treasured for centuries on nearly every continent on earth. Prized by European monarchs and traded as far afield as Tibet and the Americas, these woven and knotted masterpieces are both disting... .... Learn More -
EAA 150: Tyttel’s Halh: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Tittleshall, Norfolk [Paperback]
Penelope Walton Rogers (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9780957228818
Published by : East Anglian Archaeology
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 150
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 -
Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities [Hardback]
Margarita Gleba (Editor); Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke (Editor)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781842177679
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 13
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
