Unravelling Textiles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unravelling Textiles write by Foekje Boersma. This book was released on 2007. Unravelling Textiles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presenting the basic information necessary for the professional safekeeping of textile collections, this book provides useful information on preventive conservation issues for conservators and students.
Prehistoric Textiles
Prehistoric Textiles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prehistoric Textiles write by E. J.W. Barber. This book was released on 1991. Prehistoric Textiles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This monograph attempts to revise present ideas of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using linguistic techniques as well as methods from palaeobiology, it demonstrates that spinning and pattern-weaving existed far earlier than has been supposed.
Unravelling Women's Art
Unravelling Women's Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unravelling Women's Art write by P. L. Henderson. This book was released on 2021-11-20. Unravelling Women's Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A unique overview of women's textile art production including embroidery, weaving, soft sculpture and more. Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary textile artists, providing insight into their practices, themes and personal motivations.
Textile Conservation
Textile Conservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Textile Conservation write by Frances Lennard. This book was released on 2010-09-08. Textile Conservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice demonstrates the development in the role and practice of the textile conservator and captures the current diversity of textile conservators’ work. The book focuses on four major factors which have influenced development in textile conservation practice since the 1980s: the changing context, an evolution in the way conservators think about objects, the greater involvement of stakeholders, and technical developments. These are all integral to effective conservation decision-making. • Includes case studies from the UK, USA and mainland Europe and Asia • Assesses the conservation of objects in some of the world’s major cultural institutions • Highly illustrated in full colour to show the effect of conservation in practice Textile Conservation is a reference manual for textile conservators, textile conservation students and museum and heritage professionals.
Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor
Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor write by Gregory S. Aldrete. This book was released on 2013-05-01. Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A thorough and original study of the linothorax, the linen armor worn by Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great led one of the most successful armies in history and conquered nearly the entirety of the known world while wearing armor made of cloth. How is that possible? In Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor, Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott Bartell, and Alicia Aldrete provide the answer. An extensive multiyear project in experimental archaeology, this pioneering study presents a thorough investigation of the linothorax, linen armor worn by the Greeks, Macedonians, and other ancient Mediterranean warriors. Because the linothorax was made of cloth, no examples of it have survived. As a result, even though there are dozens of references to the linothorax in ancient literature and nearly a thousand images of it in ancient art, this linen armor remains relatively ignored and misunderstood by scholars. Combining traditional textual and archaeological analysis with hands-on reconstruction and experimentation, the authors unravel the mysteries surrounding the linothorax. They have collected and examined all of the literary, visual, historical, and archaeological evidence for the armor and detail their efforts to replicate the armor using materials and techniques that are as close as possible to those employed in antiquity. By reconstructing actual examples using authentic materials, the authors were able to scientifically assess the true qualities of linen armor for the first time in 1,500 years. The tests reveal that the linothorax provided surprisingly effective protection for ancient warriors, that it had several advantages over bronze armor, and that it even shared qualities with modern-day Kevlar. Previously featured in documentaries on the Discovery Channel and the Canadian History Channel, as well as in U.S. News and World Report, MSNBC Online, and other international venues, this groundbreaking work will be a landmark in the study of ancient warfare.
