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Tutankhamun's Collar.
One of the lovely things about doing the Textile Forum organisation is that I'm always learning new things, and getting to know more from other, quite far-away bits of the textile world. Case in point? This article about Tutankhamun's Collar.
I wasn't aware of the fact that a lot of textiles were found in Tutankhamun's grave - though I will mention right now that Ancient Egypt is quite a bit away from the European Middle Ages, which are my main field. The article about the reconstruction shows very, very nicely some of the many different methods that can be used to re-create or re-construct something, for different purposes. It also shows that it is well worth to repeat a process, after comparing the outcome of the work with the original and maybe looking at some additional sources again.
Also: What an ingenious piece of weaving! I'm already looking forward to seeing more of this at the Textile Forum!
I wasn't aware of the fact that a lot of textiles were found in Tutankhamun's grave - though I will mention right now that Ancient Egypt is quite a bit away from the European Middle Ages, which are my main field. The article about the reconstruction shows very, very nicely some of the many different methods that can be used to re-create or re-construct something, for different purposes. It also shows that it is well worth to repeat a process, after comparing the outcome of the work with the original and maybe looking at some additional sources again.
Also: What an ingenious piece of weaving! I'm already looking forward to seeing more of this at the Textile Forum!
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Carolyn Priest-Dorman
on Donnerstag, 10. Juni 2021 04:11
This process document is excellent, and I'm sorry I missed her first work on the subject. (The technical aspects of Bronze Age textiles really fascinate me, and I've kept up with some of the reproduction efforts.) This article makes it sound like the technique is a form of "Bedouin weaving," where there are supplementary warps of various colors and for each pass of the weft you select and raise the specific one you want to show on the front side. The technique is marked by one-sidedness, with long warp floats appearing on the back side of the textile. Great for bandweaving where you apply the band to something else.