Society of Arts Lectures. Egyptian Tapestry
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Part of a lecture by Alan S. Cole on Egyptian tapestry, printed in The Textile Mercury on 5 Oct 1889 as a continuation of an earlier instalment. It discusses textiles from the Akhmim graves in Upper Egypt: shaggy looped linens (the Greek kaunakes), looped worsted embroidery worked over small reeds, and tapestry weaving with bobbin and comb on linen warps. It follows the technique through Ovid's account of Minerva and Arachne, the Gobelins weavers and the Peruvian textiles of Ancon. The scan also includes surrounding trade news and textile market reports.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1889
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- digital photograph.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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