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Textiles and Clothing, C.1150-1450
Elisabeth Crowfoot
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Description for Textiles and Clothing, C.1150-1450
Paperback. A model of clarity.. It provides absolutely essential reference material for the dress historian and archaeologist, for the early textile specialist, and those interested in the tools and equipment used. TOOL AND TRADES HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER (Linda Woolley, curator of early and medieval textiles and dress, V&A Museum) Series: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. Num Pages: 252 pages, 239, 16 colour, 132 black and white, 91 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBTB; KCZ; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 732.
Among the most evocative items to be discovered by archaeologists are the scraps of silk and wool and other fabrics that signal so eloquently their owner's status and concerns. Such clothing and textile finds have figured prominently in excavations of medieval sites in London in the past two decades; they have included knitting, tapestries, silk hair-nets and elaborately patterned oriental, Islamic and Italian fabrics, which reveal for the first time the wide range of cloths available to medieval Londoners; there are beautifully made buttons, and buttonholes and edgings which display superb craftsmanship and a high level of needlework skills; the ... Read more
Among the most evocative items to be discovered by archaeologists are the scraps of silk and wool and other fabrics that signal so eloquently their owner's status and concerns. Such clothing and textile finds have figured prominently in excavations of medieval sites in London in the past two decades; they have included knitting, tapestries, silk hair-nets and elaborately patterned oriental, Islamic and Italian fabrics, which reveal for the first time the wide range of cloths available to medieval Londoners; there are beautifully made buttons, and buttonholes and edgings which display superb craftsmanship and a high level of needlework skills; the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Medieval Finds from Excavations in London
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843832393
SKU
V9781843832393
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