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Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean [Hardback]
Cecilie Brøns(Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785706721
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 31
Twenty-four experts from the fields of Ancient History, Semitic philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Classical Philology come together in this volume to explore the role of textiles in ancient religion in Greece, Italy, The Levant an... .... Learn More -
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 13 [Hardback]
Robin Netherton(Editor); Gale R. Owen-Crocker(Editor); Ana Grinberg(Contributor); Christine E. Meek(Contributor); Gale R. Owen-Crocker(Contributor); Christine Meek(Contributor); Gale Owen-Crocker(Editor); Gale Owen-Crocker(Contributor)
$60.00ISBN: 9781783272150
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Medieval Clothing and Textiles
Volume: 13
Three of the essays in this collection focus on Italy, with contributions on footwear in Lucca based on documentary evidence of the fourteenth century; aristocratic furnishings as described in a royal letter of the fifteenth century, along with it... .... Learn More -
The Velvets / I Velluti: In the Collection of the Costume Gallery in Florence / Nella collezione della Galleria del Costume di Firenze [Paperback]
Roberta Orsi Landini(Author)
$199.00ISBN: 9788856403350
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
The Costume Gallery of Florence keeps a prestigious collection of antique fabrics, most of which still unknown to the public and experts. The gem of the collection are the 400 pieces of silk velvet produced between the XV and the ... .... Learn More -
Treasures from the Sea: Sea Silk & Shellfish Purple Dye in Antiquity [Hardback]
Hedvig Landenius Enegren(Editor); Francesco Meo(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785704352
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 30
This interdisciplinary volume presents a collection of 17 papers which treat the current state of research on two marine resources used in ancient textile manufacture, shellfish purple dye and sea silk. Purple dye is extracted from the glands of t... .... Learn More -
Dress and Society: contributions from archaeology [Paperback]
T. F. Martin(Editor); R. Weech(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785703157
Published by : Oxbow Books
While traditional studies of dress and jewelry have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. This refocusing is largely a... .... Learn More -
Silk: Trade and Exchange along the Silk Roads between Rome and China in Antiquity [Hardback]
Berit Hildebrandt(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785702792
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 29
"Already in Greek and Roman antiquity a vibrant series of exchange relationships existed between the Mediterranean regions and China, including the Indian subcontinents along well-defined routes we call the Silk Roads. Among the many goods th... .... Learn More -
Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC [Hardback]
Cecilie Brøns(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785703553
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 28
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles ... .... Learn More -
Iconic Costumes: Scandinavian Late Iron Age Costume Iconography [Hardback]
Ulla Mannering(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785702150
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 25
This richly illustrated book presents a selection of the rich and varied iconographic material from the Scandinavian Late Iron Age (AD 400-1050) depicting clothed human figures, from an archaeological textile and clothing perspective. The source m... .... Learn More -
Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince: A Study of the Years 1340-1365 [Paperback]
Stella Mary Newton(Author)
$25.95ISBN: 9780851157672
Published by : Boydell Press
1340 to 1363 were years remarkable for dramatic developments in fashion and for extravagant spending on costume, foreshadowing the later luxury of Richard II's court. Stella Mary Newton broke new ground with this detailed study, which discusses fo... .... Learn More -
Textile Production in Classical Athens [Hardback]
Stella Spantidaki(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785702525
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 27
Textile technology is older than any other ancient craft and is an instance of cognitive archaeology that provides vital information about society. In ancient Greece, textiles were considered among the principal and most fundamental cultural expre... .... Learn More
