Textile
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Archaeological Footwear: Development of Shoe Patterns and Styles from Prehistory til the 1600's [Hardback]
Marquita Volken(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 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 for ... .... Learn More -
Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities [Hardback]
Margarita Gleba(Editor); Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842177679
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
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 influenced by raw ... .... Learn More -
Ancient Textiles, Modern Science [Paperback]
Heather Hopkins(Editor)
$49.99ISBN: 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. The conference takes place over a week, which not only allows time to learn new tech... .... Learn More -
Engendering Objects: Dynamics of Barkcloth and Gender among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea [Paperback]
Anna-Karina Hermkens(Author)
$55.00ISBN: 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 male and female ... .... Learn More -
Leatherwork from Qasr Ibrim (Egypt). Part I: Footwear from the Ottoman Period [Paperback]
Dr. Andre J. Veldmeijer(Author)
$120.00ISBN: 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 wealth of materia... .... Learn More -
Textiles from the Andes [Paperback]
Penny Dransart(Author)
$22.95ISBN: 9780714125848
Published by : British Museum
Series: Fabric Folios
This is the first time the British Museum's major collection of Peruvian and other early Andean textiles is being published as a group. Included are rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date fr... .... Learn More -
War and Worship: Textiles from 3rd to 4th-century AD Weapon Deposits in Denmark and Northern Germany [Hardback]
Susan Möller-Wiering(Author)
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ISBN: 9781842174289
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 9
War and Worship concerns textile deposits from the bog sites of Thorsberg in Germany and Nydam, Vimose and Illerup Ådal in Denmark. All four sites are well-known for containing a substantial amount of archaeological materials, particularly w... .... Learn More -
Tivaivai: The Social Fabric of the Cook Islands [Paperback]
Andrea Eimke(Author); Susanne Kuchler(Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9780714125800
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Artistic Traditions in World Cultures
Quilts generically known as tivaivai have been produced by women in the Cook Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Society Islands and elsewhere in Eastern Polynesia since the late 19th century, where they were a substitute for bark-cloth but also ... .... Learn More -
Dressing the Past [Paperback]
Margarita Gleba(Author); Cherine Munkholt(Author); Marie-Louise Nosch(Author)
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ISBN: 9781842172698
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 3
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 anth... .... Learn More -
Metal buttons: c.900 BC - c.1700 AD [Paperback]
Brian Read(Author)
$35.00ISBN: 9780953245062
Published by : Portcullis Publishing
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 ... .... Learn More
