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Contribution to Book
Textile Arts in Ancient Western Asia
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (1995)
  • Carol Bier, The Textile Museum
Abstract

This chapter provides a critical review and summary of visual, material, and textual evidence for ancient textiles of the Near East, considering archaeological remains, visual representations, and written sources. It covers topics such as uses of textiles, textile technologies, weaving and fabric structures, woven patterns, looms, colors and dyes, and it includes a textile terminology and analytical bibliography.

Keywords
  • textile arts,
  • Ancient Near East,
  • Iran,
  • Iraq,
  • Mesopotamia,
  • wool,
  • linen
Publication Date
1995
Editor
Jack M. Sasson et al
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
ISBN
0684192799
Citation Information
Carol Bier. "Textile Arts in Ancient Western Asia" New YorkCivilizations of the Ancient Near East Vol. 3 (1995)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carol_bier/59/