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Crafting Textiles : Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century



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Autore: Pritchard Frances Visualizza persona
Titolo: Crafting Textiles : Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Havertown : , : Oxbow Books, Limited, , 2022
©2022
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 pages)
Disciplina: 677.009
Soggetto non controllato: Manufactures
Technology & Engineering
Persona (resp. second.): PritchardFrances
Sommario/riassunto: New research into the techniques of tablet weaving, sprang, braiding, knotting and lace is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume written by leading specialists from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and USA. Drawing inspiration from the pioneering work of Peter Collingwood, this publication explores aspects of these craft skills in the prehistoric, Roman, and medieval world through scientific, object-based analysis and 'research through making'.Chapters include the growth of patterned tablet weaving for trimming garments in prehistoric Central Europe; recently identified styles of headdress worn in the Roman Rhineland and pre-Islamic Egypt; Viking-age Dublin as a production center for tablet-woven bands; a new interpretation of the weaving technique used to make luxurious gold bands in the twelfth to late thirteenth centuries; and the development out of plaiting of bobbin lace borders in gold and silver threads from the fifteenth to early seventeenth centuries. Practical experiments test methods of hand spinning and the production of figure-hugging hose in ancient Greece and Renaissance Italy. A typology of braid and knotting structures in late medieval Europe is also set out for the first time. Diagrams, illustrations, and photographs enrich each chapter with a wealth of visual source material.The work is the outcome of recent discoveries of archaeological textile finds from excavations as well as fresh examination of material recovered in the past, or preserved in treasuries. Early textiles form an increasingly popular subject of interest and this publication, which is a landmark in the study of various specialized textile techniques, aims to provide the reader with a better understanding of these virtuoso craft skills in antiquity.
Altri titoli varianti: Crafting Textiles
Titolo autorizzato: Crafting Textiles  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78925-760-3
1-78925-762-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910795626303321
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Serie: Ancient Textiles