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[Marybeth Lavrakas]

> Additional information on all of 
> these books may be found at our website:
> www.davidbrownbookco.com.

> North European Textiles until AD. 1000
> LISE BENDER JORGENSEN
> This book is firstly an enormous catalogue of all
> textile finds from 
> prehistoric, Roman and medieval contexts in Great
> Britain, Ireland, the 
> Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Scandinavia. This
> data is used to show 
> that the first steps towards organized textile
> production in northern 
> Europe were taken more than 2,500 years ago, and
> that the industry that was 
> to centre itself around the English Channel and
> North Sea coastal areas 
> played an important part in the rise of the
> Carolingian Empire and 
> Anglo-Saxon England. 8 77288 416 9, 285p with 206
> figs, maps, photos and 
> illus., Hardback, (Aarhus UP 1992)
> Publishers Price US $59.95
> DBBC Price US $47.96
> 
> Textiles in European Archaeology
> LISE BENDER JORGENSEN
> Thirty-three articles by 38 authors on various
> aspects of archaeological 
> textiles from the prehistoric, Roman, Migration
> period, Viking Age, 
> Medieval and later periods. These papers were given
> at the 6th triennial 
> meeting of the North European Symposium for
> Archaeological Textiles held 
> 7th-11th May 1995 in Borås.
> 9 18595 274 5, 330p, Paperback (GOTARC Series A,
> Volume 1 Goteborgs Univeritet)
> DBBC Price US $43.50
> 
> Archaeological Textiles in Northern Europe
> EDITED BY LISE BENDER JORGENSEN AND ELISABETH
> MUNKSGAARD
> The report from the fourth NESAT symposium, held in
> Denmark in 1990, to 
> promote the study and publication of textiles from
> archaeological sites in 
> northern Europe, contains 26 contributions in
> English and German. They 
> include: Neolitische Textilien im Raum Zurich (A
> Rast-Eicher); Pre-Roman 
> Iron Age textiles in Europe north of the Alps (L B
> Jorgensen); Vindolanda 
> 1985-89 (JP Wild); Aspects of the wool textiles from
> Viking Age Dublin (F 
> Pritchard); Silk threads on leather objects from the
> Middle Ages (I R 
> Pedersen); The wools in some medieval textiles from
> Bryggen (E Schjolberg); 
> Experimente am Gewichts-, Rund- und Trittwebstuhl im
> Mittelalterlicher 
> Museumsdorf Duppel (A Goldmann); Drying
> archaeological textiles (E P 
> Peacock); Quantitative research in ancient textiles
> and freeze drying (W D 
> Cooke & E P Peacock).
> 8 78973 004 6, 237p with figs and illus., Paperback,
> (Viborg Museum 1992)
> DBBC Price US $68.50
> 
> Textiles in Northern Archaeology
> PENELOPE WALTON
> These 25 papers from the third (1987) NESAT
> symposium at York range from 
> the Neolithic of Northern Europe and the Swiss lakes
> to 17th-century 
> garments in graves at Spitzbergen and in coffins at
> Roskilde cathedral, by 
> way of prehistoric to Roman weaving systems in SW
> Europe, prehistoric dyes, 
> Anglo-Saxon ‘relic’ boxes, the Maaseik embroideries,
> Viking age techniques 
> (spinning, silk and wool headcoverings, women’s
> dress), Medieval textiles 
> (in Gdansk, patterned weaves, embroidery) and
> others. They represent not 
> only the latest research, but a first rate
> introduction to the subject. The 
> volume is dedicated to Elisabeth Crowfoot.
> 1 87313 205 0, 231p with photos throughout,
> Paperback, (NESAT/Archetype 1990)
> DBBC Price US $30.00
> 
> The Roman Textile Industry and its influence
> EDITED BY PENELOPE WALTON ROGERS, LISE BENDER
> JORGENSEN AND ANTOINETTE 
> RAST-EICHER
> Textiles were a hugely important Roman industry yet,
> because of their 
> perishable nature, only fragments remain. These
> twenty-two essays provide a 
> detailed study of surviving fragments from across
> the Roman world, from the 
> dry sands of Egypt to the Atlantic coast and the
> northern frontiers and 
> beyond. The result is a comprehensive reconstruction
> of both everyday and 
> exotic Roman clothing with information about the
> influences of fashion and 
> of Roman weaving techniques. Written by friends and
> colleagues, the 
> contributions are offered as a tribute to John Peter
> Wild whose own studies 
> of Roman textiles have been the inspiration of so
> much recent work.
> 1 84217 046 5, 200p, 4 col pls, illus, Hardback,
> (Oxbow Books 2001)
> Publishers Price US $35.00
> DBBC Price US $28.00
> 
> Ancient Danish Textiles from Bogs and Burials
> MARGARETHE HALD
> This ‘comparative study of costume and Iron Age
> textiles’ discusses the 
> often remarkably well preserved textiles and other
> garments from 
> prehistoric deposits and burials in Denmark’s
> numerous mose. Hald examines 
> in turn textiles and skins from peat bogs; textiles
> from settlements and 
> graves; raw materials and spinning; woven fabrics
> and their construction; 
> dating prehistoric Danish weaves; looms and fabrics;
> needle and sewing; 
> prehistoric costume.
> 8 74800 312 3, 398p with 465 figs & illus., Hardback
> (National Museum of 
> Denmark 1980)
> Publishers Price US $70.00
> DBBC Price US $56.00
> 
> Studies in Textile History
> EDITED BY VERONIKA GERVERS
> This is a diverse collection of 25 essays on ancient
> textiles presented to 
> Harold Burnham, former curator of textiles at the
> Royal Ontario Museum. 
> Papers include: Icelandic medieval embroidery terms
> and techniques (Elsa 
> Gudjonsson); Archaeological and ethnological
> considerations of the 
> floor-braced body-tension loom (John Vollmer) and
> Examples of medieval 
> tablet-woven bans (Sigrid Muller-Christensen).
> 0 88854 192 9, 370p, many b/w pls, Hardback, (ROM
> 1977)
> Publishers price US $45.00
> DBBC Price US $12.98
> 
> Textiles: A Classification of Techniques
> ANNEMARIE SEILER-BALDINGER
> An illustrated practical guide to the production of
> threads and fabrics, 
> weaving and fabric ornamentation and processing
> which includes ethnographic 
> and archaeological research from many different
> cultures. Includes a 
> substantial bibliography.
> 1 86333 110 7, 256p, 32 col pls, 300+ b/w figs,
> Paperback, (Crawford House 
> 1994)
> Publishers price US $17.95
> DBBC Price US $14.98
> 
> Textiles of Late Antiquity
> ANNEMARIE STAUFFER
> A handbook to a 1996 exhibition at the Metropolitan
> Museum in New York with 
> a brief introductory essay and descriptions of 61
> exhibited items from 
> across the Eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Egypt
> and the Near East.
> 48p, 30 col pls, b/w illus., Paperback,
> (Metropolitan Museum 1995)
> Publishers price US $8.95
> DBBC Price US $3.98
> 
> Van Dyck and the Representation of Dress in
> Seventeenth-Century Portraiture.
> E. GORDENKER
> This book shows that an understanding of dress can
> offer a new way of 
> revealing the associations and ideals that a
> portrait may have projected, 
> and that the history of costume provides a unique
> set of tools with which 
> to analyse the creativity and contributions of Van
> Dyck.
> 2 503 50880 4, 350 p., 100 b/w illus.+16 colour
> illus., Hardback (Brepols 
> Publishers 2002)
> Publishers Price: $90.00
> DBBC Price US $72.00
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