The mummy bundles of peru are another example. One of the oldest known textile is a rug/ cloth found in a tomb in the Far eastbif i remember correctly. I don't remember the name. It has small figures along the edge.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Joan Jurancich <joa...@surewest.net> wrote: > At 02:36 PM 6/29/2012, you wrote: >> Would love a source if you have one. I have someone that has drummed into >> folks that patterned cloth only goes as far back as the Middle Ages. The >> Iron Age article will dumbstrike her and further back will blow her away. :) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> Actually, patterned cloth is much older than the Iron-Age. >> >> Joan Jurancich >> joa...@surewest.net > > I have two books in my collection, both by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. The > first is "Prehistoric Textiles: The development of cloth in the Neolithic and > Bronze Ages, with special reference to the Aegean"; the second is "The > Mummies of Urumchi". The former has some color pictures of some of the few > surviving textiles that have discernable color patterns (very few textiles > survive in Europe except for those in the lake bottoms of Switzerland (linen) > and the bog textiles in Northern Europe (woolens), both of which have any > colors totally masked by the preservation conditions; one exception is in the > salt mines). There are some Egyptian textiles preserved by the dryness of the > environment that show some colors. In the latter book, again it is extreme > dryness that preserves woolen textiles in all their colorful glory. > > It's interesting that someone has such a jaundiced view of textile history. > People have been weaving colorful patterned textiles for at least the past > 4,000 years. And, yes, I am an early textile technology geek. 8-) In fact, in > late October I am taking a 3-day workshop on spinning and weaving for > historic textile reproduction/re-creation. > > Joan Jurancich > joa...@surewest.net > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
