22853
Corporate Author
Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Editor
Emery, Irene;Fiske, Patricia L.
Title Of Journal Book
Archaeological textiles. Proceedings of the Irene Emery roundtable on museum textiles
Collation
iii, 211 p. : ill., 28 cm.
Publisher
The Textile Museum
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Monographic
Meeting
Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles
Meeting City
Washington, D.C.
Abstract
Talks presented at the meeting held at the Textile Museum on April 18-20, 1974 are included with the following titles: (1) Archaeological textiles, by M. E. King; (2) Introduction to South American archaeological textiles with emphasis on materials and techniques of Peruvian tapestry, by W. J. Conklin; (3) Mesoamerican and North American textiles, by K. P. Kent; (4) Archaeology and Medieval textiles, by A. E. Wardwell; (5) Coptic textiles, by D. Thompson; (6) Cleaning of archaeological textiles, by M. D. Burnham; (7) Mounting of archaeological textiles, by M. E. Burnham-Staehli; (8) Handling of archaeological textiles, by P. Reeves; (9) Conservation of textiles, by N. Kajitani; (10) Archaeological looms for Peru in the American Museum of Natural History collection, by M. D. Skinner; (11) Pampa Gramalote textiles, by W. J. Conklin; (12) Archaeological textiles in the National Museums in Peru, by E. Versteylen; (13) Archaeological textiles in Peru and the importance of establishing a National Textile Museum, by E. Versteylen; (14) Analysis of weaving patterns: examples from the early periods in Peru, by D. T. Wallace; (15) Ethics of acquisition, by M. E. King; (16) Seventh Century basketmaker textiles from Northern Arizona, by E. A. Morris; (17) Archaeological fabrics from the Lower Missouri Valley, by A. E. Harvey; (18) Prehistoric Great Basin textiles, by J. M. Adovasio; (19) Textiles from the Cueva de la Media Luna Chiapas, Mexico: a preliminary report, by A. G. Mastache de Escobar; (20) Weft-Wrap openwork techniques in archaeological and contemporary textiles of Mexico, by I. W. Johnson and K. P. Kent; (21) Techniques and problems encountered in certain Han and T'ang specimensby K. Riboud; (22) Textile pseudomorphs on Chinese Bronzes, by J. Vollmer; (23) Archaeology of the Buyid textiles, by D. G. Shepherd; (24) Physical characteristics of silk generally classified as Buyid, by N. Kajitani; (25) Textile findings from the Aswan region, by C. Mayer-Thurman; (26) Garden carpets from Upper Egypt, by C. G. Elhis; and, (27) Observations on some monumental Egyptian Tapestries, by D. Thompson.
Keywords
Archaeology, artifact excavation conservation; Textile, conservation; Textile, analysis examination; Textile, history; Textile, manufacture; Textile, weaving; Museum, ethics acquistion --ICCROM
pub_id
22853
Meeting Date
19740418 - 19740420