Textiles & Weaving, Clothing & Stitchery
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Crafting Minoanisation: Textiles, Crafts Production and Social Dynamics in the Bronze Age southern Aegean [Hardback]
Joanne Cutler (Author)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781785709661
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 33
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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 Cretan influence, and the process/... .... Learn More -
Arrayed in Splendor: Art, Fashion, and Textiles in Medieval and Early Modern Europe [Paperback]
Christoph Brachmann (Editor)
£110.00ISBN: 9782503579658
Published by : Brepols
Precious textiles, fabrics, embroideries, and tapestries played an important role in medieval and early modern cultures of representation. The high esteem in which the textile arts were held was not only due to the enormous material value of gold ... .... Learn More -
Textiles and Textile Production in Europe: From Prehistory to AD 400 [Paperback]
Margarita Gleba (Editor); Ulla Mannering (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9781789253429
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 11
Not yet published - available for pre-order
There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender, age, family affiliation, occupation, religion, ethnicity and social, political, econ... .... Learn More -
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery [Paperback]
Alexandra Lester-Makin (Author)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £30.40
ISBN: 9781789251449
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 35
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This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiography of early medieval embroideries and their context within the British Isles. The book brings together and analyses for the fi... .... Learn More -
Fashioned Selves: Dress and Identity in Antiquity [Paperback]
Megan Cifarelli (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £30.40
ISBN: 9781789252545
Published by : Oxbow Books
The study of dress in antiquity has expanded in the last 20 years, evolving from investigations of costume and ethnicity in ancient art and texts and analyses of terms relating to textiles and their production, to broader studies of the social rol... .... Learn More -
Dressing the Scottish Court, 1543-1553: Clothing in The Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland [Hardback]
Melanie Schuessler Bond (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781783272624
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Medieval and Renaissance Clothing and Textiles
Volume: v. 3
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The Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland document money spent by the royal treasury and contain numerous references to clothing and textiles. This volume is designed to make the rich material in the Accounts from the regency of the Earl... .... Learn More -
Ancient Textiles Modern Science II [Paperback]
Heather Hopkins (Editor); Katrin Kania (Editor)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £26.25
ISBN: 9781789251203
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 34
Ancient Textiles Modern, Science II follows the success of the first proceedings, published in 2013, that catalogued the Forum’s formative years. This proceedings highlights the range of subjects and approaches, from improved forms of notation for... .... Learn More -
First Textiles: The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean [Hardback]
Małgorzata Siennicka (Editor); Lorenz Rahmstorf (Editor); Agata Ulanowska (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781785707988
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
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 -
The Chasuble of Thomas Becket: A Biography [Hardback]
Avinoam Shalem (Editor)
£85.00ISBN: 9783777425191
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Venerated as a relic of St Thomas of Canterbury, the chasuble was produced in Spanish-Muslim workshops and probably reached Italy as a donation to the Cathedral of Fermo in about 1200. Despite its outstanding artistic quality and fascinating histo... .... Learn More -
Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity: The Clothing of the Middle and Lower Classes [Paperback]
Faith Pennick Morgan (Author)
£136.00ISBN: 9789004343955
Published by : Brill
Series: Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series)
Volume: 1
This book examines the dress and personal appearance of members of the middle and lower classes in the eastern Mediterranean region during the 4th to 8th centuries. Written, art historical and archaeological evidence is assessed with a view to und... .... Learn More
