Textiles & Weaving, Clothing & Stitchery
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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)
£45.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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 world (Denmark, No... .... Learn More -
Silk for the Vikings [Paperback]
Marianne Vedeler (Author)
£30.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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 consumption of silk during ... .... Learn More -
Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities [Hardback]
Margarita Gleba (Editor); Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke (Editor)
£35.00Click here for ebook buying options
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 influenced by raw ... .... Learn More -
Textile Terminologies in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean from the Third to the First Millennia BC [Paperback]
Cécile Michel (Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781782973911
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 8
Written sources from the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean, from the third to the first millennia BC, provide a wealth of terms for textiles. The twenty-two chapters in the present volume offer the first comprehensive su... .... Learn More -
Ancient Textiles, Modern Science [Paperback]
Heather Hopkins (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 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. With varied day workshops and evening lectures, the ‘Textilforum’ h... .... Learn More -
Engendering Objects [Paperback]
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 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... .... Learn More -
Leatherwork from Qasr Ibrim (Egypt). Part I [Paperback]
Andre J. Veldmeijer (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 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 ... .... Learn More -
Textile Production and Consumption in the Ancient Near East: archaeology, epigraphy, iconography [Hardback]
Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor); Henriette Koefoed (Editor); Eva Andersson Strand (Editor)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781842174890
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 12
In the past, textile production was a key part of all ancient societies. The Ancient Near East stands out in this respect with the overwhelming amount of documentation both in terms of raw materials, line of production, and the distribution of fin... .... Learn More -
Dressing the Dead in Classical Antiquity [Paperback]
Maureen Carroll (Editor); John Peter Wild (Editor)
£25.00ISBN: 9781445603001
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Naked we come into the world, but we are extraordinarily unlucky if naked we leave it. It is a human reaction to cover the dead with textiles. This volume presents the results of new and ground-breaking research in the UK and abroad on clothing an... .... Learn More -
Amarna's Leatherwork. Part I [Paperback]
Andre J. Veldmeijer (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9789088900754
Published by : Sidestone Press
The ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna (or Amarna, ancient Akhetaten) was the short-lived capital built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten, probably the father of the famous Tutankhamun, and abandoned shortly after his death (c. 1336 B... .... Learn More