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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First Textiles: The Beginnings of Textile Production in Europe and the Mediterranean [Hardback]
Małgorzata Siennicka(Editor); Lorenz Rahmstorf(Editor); Agata Ulanowska(Editor)
Regular Price: $70.00
Special Price: $52.50
ISBN: 9781785707988
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 32
Textile production and the manufacture of clothing was one of the most essential daily activities in prehistory. Textiles were significant objects of practical use, and at the same time had cultural, social and symbolic meaning, crucial for displa... .... Learn More -
Crafting Minoanisation: Textiles, Crafts Production & Social Dynamics in the Bronze Age Southern Aegean [Hardback]
Joanne Cutler(Author)
Regular Price: $80.00
Special Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781785709661
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 33
The mid second millennium BC material record of the southern Aegean shows evidence of strong Cretan influence. This phenomenon has traditionally been seen in terms of ‘Minoanisation’, but the nature and degree of Creta... .... Learn More -
Una vita a gioiello [Paperback]
Patrizia di Carrobio(Author); Francesca Joppolo(Editor)
$20.00ISBN: 9788859617525
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Text in Italian:
It goes without saying that jewels are not just ornaments: precious stones, necklaces, rings help us to express our way of being. They remind us of particular moments or special people, sometimes we wear the... .... Learn More -
Be Jeweled [Paperback]
Patrizia di Carrobio (Author)
$20.00ISBN: 9788859617532
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
It goes without saying that jewels are not just ornaments: precious stones, necklaces, rings help us to express our way of being. They remind us of particular moments or special people, sometimes we wear them or offer them as gift... .... Learn More -
Capucci dionisiaco: Disegni per il teatro [Paperback]
$85.00ISBN: 9788859618348
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
The catalog shows about eighty drawings by the fashion designer Roberto Capucci which were displayed in Florence (Palazzo Pitti) from January 9th to February 14th 2018. Those depicted are costumes designed for an imaginary show mostly centered on ... .... Learn More -
The Decorative Designs of C.F.A. Voysey: New Revised Edition: From the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects [Paperback]
Stuart Durant (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9780718893880
Published by : Lutterworth Press
The Decorative Design of C.F.A. Voysey is the first book to place Voysey in his times. His was a dynamic age; ‘Our descendants will envy the dawn through which we are passing’, wrote a contemporary. Voysey’s houses appealed to a forward-looking ge... .... Learn More -
Why Leather?: The Material and Cultural Dimensions of Leather [Hardback]
Susanna Harris (Editor); Andre J. Veldmeijer (Editor)
$120.00ISBN: 9789088904707
Published by : Sidestone Press
This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin prod... .... Learn More -
Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean [Hardback]
Cecilie Brøns (Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9781785706721
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
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 -
Woven Splendour: The Tapestries at the Conventual Church of the Knights of Malta [Hardback]
Cynthia de Glorgio (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9789993276036
Published by : Midsea Books
The first in-depth study of the set of magnificent series of tapestries treasured at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta. In 1697, as the Spanish Grand Master Ramon Perellos y Roccaful sat in his palace, contemplating on the gift which he should gi... .... 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
