Woven threads : patterned textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age

Published by Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2016

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Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards, showing faint shelfwear only. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; bookplate of Capt Richard Campbell, OBE, RN. Series; Ancient textiles series ; 22. Physical description; 279 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Preface / Maria C. Shaw Spinning Ariadne's thread: sources and methodologies / Anne P. Chapin Bronze Age Aegean cloth production: a cottage industry no more / Brendan Burke and Anne P. Chapin Patterned textiles and costume in Aegean art / Suzanne Peterson Murray Palace and household textiles as costume in Aegean Bronze Age art / Maria C. Shaw and Anne P. Chapin Textile and stone patterns in the painted floors of the Mycenaean palaces / Emily C. Egan Sailing the shining sea: Maritime textiles of the Bronze Age Aegean / Maria C. Shaw and Anne P. Chapin String lines, the artist's grid, and the representation of textiles in fresco / Maria C. Shaw Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Keftiu / Elizabeth J.W. Barber Observations, summaries, and conclusions / Anne P. Chapin. Subjects; Textile fabrics, Ancient Aegean Sea Region. Decoration and ornament, Ancient Aegean Sea Region. Bronze age Aegean Sea Region. Minoans Textile industry. Mycenaeans Textile industry. Aegean Sea Region Antiquities. 1 Kg.

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Title
Woven threads : patterned textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age
Author
Shaw, Maria C ; Chapin, Anne P
Publisher
Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books
Publication year
2016
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
1 kilogram

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