ISBN:
9781782977384
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (321 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
391
Keywords:
Clothing and dress -- Social aspects
;
Textile fabrics -- Social aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Textiles and Elite Tastes between the Mediterranean, Iran and Asia at the End of Antiquity Matthew P. Canepa -- Chapter 2: Palla, Pallu, Chador: Draped clothing in ancient and modern cultures Mary Harlow -- Chapter 3: From Draupadi to Dido: The duties of dress in paintings inspired by the Mahābhārata and the Aeneid Linda Matheson -- Chapter 4: The Kaftan: An unusual textile encounter in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age Ulla Mannering -- Chapter 5: Ancient Running Animals: Tablet-woven borders from China and Norway Lise Ræder Knudsen -- Chapter 6: The Development of Pattern Weaving Technology through Textile Exchange along the Silk Road Zhao Feng -- Chapter 7: The Earliest Cotton Ikat Textiles from Nahal ´Omer Israel 650-810 CE Orit Shamir and Alisa Baginski -- Chapter 8: Northerners: Global travellers in the Viking Age Eva Andersson Strand -- Chapter 9: Unravelling Textile Mysteries with DNA Analysis Luise Ørsted Brandt -- Chapter 10: The Traceable Origin of Textiles Karin Margarita Frei -- Chapter 11: The World of Textiles in Three Spheres: European woollens, Indian cottons and Chinese silks, 1300-1700 Giorgio Riello -- Chapter 12: Chinese Silks in Mamluk Egypt Helen Persson -- Chapter 13: Woven Mythology: The textile encounter of makara, senmurw and phoenix Mariachiara Gasparini -- Chapter 14: Textile in Art: The influence of textile patterns on ornaments in the architecture of medieval Zirikhgeran Zvezdana Dode -- Chapter 15: Coromandel Textiles: The changing face of consumer demand and weavers' responses 16th to 18th century CE Vijaya Ramaswamy -- Chapter 16: The Jesuit Dilemma in Asia: Being a naked ascetic or a court literate? Selusi Ambrogio -- Chapter 17: The Colourful Qualities of Desire: Fashion, colours and industrial espionage Vibe Maria Martens.
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