Screen LibraryExplorers, first collectors and traders of textiles : from Egypt of the 1st millennium AD /
"Its dry climate means that Egypt boasts an exceptionally rich heritage of preserved ancient textiles. Since 1996, the international research group Textiles from the Nile Valley has been studying these Roman, Byzantine and early-Islamic textile artefacts, many of which have found their way into...
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Hannibal,
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| Publisher Address: | [Veurne, Belgium] : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English German |
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| Summary: |
"Its dry climate means that Egypt boasts an exceptionally rich heritage of preserved ancient textiles. Since 1996, the international research group Textiles from the Nile Valley has been studying these Roman, Byzantine and early-Islamic textile artefacts, many of which have found their way into European and North American museum collections. The research group, consisting of curators, archaeologists, textile conservators and scientists, organizes a biennial conference at Katoen Natie HeadquARTers in Antwerp, and publishes a series of unique books on the importance of Egyptian textiles. This latest volume brings together the findings from the 11th conference, which was held from 25 to 27 October 2019. The focus is on the history of textile excavating and collecting, which goes back to the late 19th century. The book contains 18 text contributions describing recent fieldwork, conservation treatments and scientific research worldwide, in collaboration with major universities and museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans (some color), forms ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-233) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789464366075 9464366079 |
| Index Number: | NK8807 |
| CLC: |
K884.115.2-532 J533.1(411)-532 |
| Call Number: | J533.1(411)-532/E966/2019 |
| Contents: |
Explorers, first collectors and traders. A very Victorian tourist : the Reverend Greville John Chester and 19th-century textile collecting at the Victoria and Albert Museum / The question of "What went before?" and George Hewitt Myers : the formation of the Textile Museum archaeological collection / Alfred Wiedemann, Émile Brugsch, and the trade in mummy textiles at the end of the 19th century / Late antique textiles from the Robert Forrer collection in Polish museums in the context of his activities as a textile dealer. Preliminary research / A survey of the "Coptic" textiles from the Hermitage collection / Textiles from Egypt's first millennium AD in Danish museum collections / Sir Charles Nicholson and the Nicholson collections at the University of Sydney / Collecting on the side : textiles from the 1913-1914 excavations at Antinoopolis held in three Australasian museums / The first discovery of figured silks in Antinoopolis : Carl Schmidt's excavations in Egypt / One of the last choices of Albert Gayet in the field : a child's tunic from Antinoopolis in Lyon / Fundort bekannt! Stoffe aus Qarara / Reception of textiles in the early 20th century. "Coptic" fabrics, collectors, and the Fauves / From collections: scientific methods and conservation. Mini-weavings from Gebel Zeit / Site-by-site research on first millennium AD textiles from Egypt at the British Museum : conservation and documentation of archaeological collections / From the Middle Ages to the Modern era : a Coptic liturgical garment in the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmus |