08-18-2016, 11:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2016, 12:08 PM by Crispianus.)
Dan, three vol set on coptic textiles: http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/thread-...#pid319398
For an earlier example, though of course obviously these are old catalogues:
"The surprise came in 1903,
when the tomb of Thothmes IV. (c. 1466 B.c ) at Tliebes yielded
three fine specimens of linen weavings bearing indisputable evidences of early origin. All three were woven by the tapestry process illustrated so abundantly in the later fabrics from Egypt;
but while in the latter the tapestry-decoration is in wool or silk, in
these early stuffs it is of coloured linen threads."
You can find the details of the linen here though not the dyes:
https://archive.org/details/tombofthoutmsi02cart
My reference for the use of Madder came from "Egyptian Textiles" Rosalinda Hall, who mentions woad, madder, red ocherous earth, henna and "carthamus tinctorious" a plant producing a yellow dye, as well as purple and others... you may also try Academia Edu
For an earlier example, though of course obviously these are old catalogues:
"The surprise came in 1903,
when the tomb of Thothmes IV. (c. 1466 B.c ) at Tliebes yielded
three fine specimens of linen weavings bearing indisputable evidences of early origin. All three were woven by the tapestry process illustrated so abundantly in the later fabrics from Egypt;
but while in the latter the tapestry-decoration is in wool or silk, in
these early stuffs it is of coloured linen threads."
You can find the details of the linen here though not the dyes:
https://archive.org/details/tombofthoutmsi02cart
My reference for the use of Madder came from "Egyptian Textiles" Rosalinda Hall, who mentions woad, madder, red ocherous earth, henna and "carthamus tinctorious" a plant producing a yellow dye, as well as purple and others... you may also try Academia Edu
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
