Its dry climate means that Egypt boasts an exceptionally rich heritage of preserved ancient textiles. Since 1996, the international research group Textiles from the Nile Valley has been studying these Roman, Byzantine and early-Islamic textile artefacts, many of which have found their way into European and North American museum collections.<\/p>\n
The research group, consisting of curators, archaeologists, textile conservators and scientists, organizes a biennial conference at Katoen Natie HeadquARTers in Antwerp, and publishes a series of unique books on the importance of Egyptian textiles.<\/p>\n
This latest volume brings together the findings from the 11th conference, which was held from 25 to 27 October 2019. The focus is on the history of textile excavating and collecting, which goes back to the late 19th century.<\/p>\n
The book contains 18 text contributions describing recent fieldwork, conservation treatments and scientific research worldwide, in collaboration with major universities and museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n
The book is being published to mark the 12th international scientific Textiles from the Nile Valley Conference, which is taking place from 12 to 14 November 2021 in Antwerp.<\/p>\n
Text in English and German.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scientific publication on the history of excavating and collecting Egyptian textiles. Text in English and German.
6 Preface
\n7 A brief note on the need for 14C-redating
\n7 Acknowledgements
\n8 Abbreviations<\/p>\n
CHAPTER 1
\nEXPLORERS, FIRST COLLECTORS AND TRADERS
\n12 A very Victorian tourist: The Reverend Greville John Chester and 19th-century textile collecting at the Victoria and Albert Museum
\nBenjamin Hinson
\n22 The question of “What went before?” and George Hewitt Myers: The formation of The Textile Museum archaeological collection
\nSumru Belger Krody
\n34 Alfred Wiedemann, Émile Brugsch, and the trade in mummy textiles at the end of the 19th century
\nVeerle van Kersen
\n42 Late Antique textiles from the Robert Forrer collection in Polish museums in the context of his activities as a textile dealer. Preliminary research
\nAnna Głowa
\n50 A survey of the “Coptic” textiles from the Hermitage collection
\nOlga Osharina
\n60 Textiles from Egypt’s first millennium AD in Danish museum collections
\nAnne Hedeager Krag
\n74 Sir Charles Nicholson and the Nicholson Collections at the University of Sydney
\nGlennda Susan Marsh-Letts and Candace Richards
\n86 Collecting on the side: Textiles from the 1913–14 excavations at Antinoopolis held in three Australasian museums
\nRosanne Livingstone
\n96 The first discovery of figured silks in Antinoopolis: Carl Schmidt’s excavations in Egypt
\nKosuke Goto
\n112 One of the last choices of Albert Gayet in the field: A child’s tunic from Antinoopolis in Lyon
\nFleur Letellier-Willemin
\n120 Fundort bekannt! Stoffe aus Qarara
\nClaudia Nauerth unter Mitarbeit von Béatrice Huber<\/p>\n
CHAPTER 2
\nRECEPTION OF TEXTILES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
\n134 “Coptic” fabrics, collectors, and the Fauves
\nNancy Arthur-Hoskins<\/p>\n
CHAPTER 3
\nFROM COLLECTIONS: SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND CONSERVATION
\n144 Mini-weavings from Gebel Zeit
\nRoberta Cortopassi and Mohamed Dallel
\n152 Site-by-site research on First Millennium AD textiles from Egypt at the British Museum: Conservation and documentation of archaeological collections
\nAnna Harrison, Elisabeth R. O’Connell and Frances Pritchard
\n166 From the Middle Ages to the Modern Era: A Coptic liturgical garment in the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz
\nPetra Linscheid with a contribution by Ina Vanden Berghe<\/p>\n
CHAPTER 4
\nTEXTILES FROM RECENT EXCAVATIONS
\n180 Textile finds from burial 2003-NW-39 of the Fag el-Gamus necropolis
\nAnne Kwaspen and Kristin South
\n192 Ein Mantel für die kalten Tage
\nBéatrice Huber
\n202 New finds from old excavations in WesternThebes. Nineteenth-century scholars and the textiles from Deir el-Bachît
\nSabrina Tatz
\n210 The spring 2019 season at Hisn al-Bab: Care, study and general presentation of textile finds from Area 9 (6th–7th centuries)
\nAmandine Mérat
\n220 Bibliography
\n234 Index names
\n235 Index places
\n236 Index textile and costume terms
\n238 Index museums and institutions
\n239 Authors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5540],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32333","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fashion-textiles","7":"author-by-author-antoine-de-moor","8":"author-by-author-cacilia-fluck","9":"author-by-author-petra-linscheid","10":"publisher-hannibal-books","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n