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Designing identity : the power of textiles in late antiquity

Title
Designing identity : the power of textiles in late antiquity / edited by Thelma K. Thomas ; including contributions by Jennifer L. Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratcliff, Thelma K. Thomas, and Elizabeth Dospel Williams.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]

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Additional Authors
  • Thomas, Thelma K.
  • Ball, Jennifer
  • Bleiberg, Edward, 1951-
  • Colburn, Kathrin
  • Evans, Helen C.
  • Kondoleon, Christine
  • Ratliff, Brandie
  • Williams, Elizabeth Dospel
  • New York University. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
Description
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
Subject
  • Textile fabrics, Ancient > Exhibitions
  • Textile fabrics, Ancient
  • Textile industry > Mediterranean Region > History
  • Clothing and dress > Middle East
  • Clothing and dress > Rome
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, February 25, 2016-May 22, 2016. This exhibition catalogue explores the parallel histories of ancient textile production and consumption, and the modern business of collecting Late Antique textiles.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Textiles for clothing and furnishings: putting late antique Roman society and culture on display. Material meaning in late antiquity / Thelma K. Thomas -- Charms: protective and auspicious motifs / Jennifer L. Ball -- The continuity of late antique patterns / Helen C. Evans -- Making textiles and assessing their value / Thelma K. Thomas. Late antique textiles in modern times: collecting and collections. Late antique textiles at the museum of fine arts, Boston: expanded vistas / Christine Kondoleon -- Collecting and exhibiting late antique textiles at the Brooklyn museum / Edward Bleiberg -- Minor art, major works: an overview of Dumbarton Oaks' collections of late antique and medieval textiles / Elizabeth Dospel Williams -- Collecting late antique textiles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Brandie Ratliff -- A closer look at textiles from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: materials and techniques.
Call Number
JQF 16-640
ISBN
  • 069116942X
  • 9780691169422
LCCN
2015949169
OCLC
938361134
Title
Designing identity : the power of textiles in late antiquity / edited by Thelma K. Thomas ; including contributions by Jennifer L. Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratcliff, Thelma K. Thomas, and Elizabeth Dospel Williams.
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Thomas, Thelma K., editor.
Ball, Jennifer, contributor.
Bleiberg, Edward, 1951- contributor.
Colburn, Kathrin, contributor.
Evans, Helen C., contributor.
Kondoleon, Christine, contributor.
Ratliff, Brandie, contributor.
Williams, Elizabeth Dospel, contributor.
New York University. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
Research Call Number
JQF 16-640
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