These are the images from my lecture on the origins of textile design and creation.
Slide 1:Hunters, Gatherers & Accountants: developing an understanding of past civilizations in the production of textiles through the development of technologies
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Slide 2: Bronze Age Peoples
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Slide 3: Prehistoric civilisations
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Slide 4
Oldest known garment, from Tarkhan Egypt, ca 3,000 BC
Horizontal ground loom depicted on a bowl, ca 4,000 BC (below)
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Slide 5
Model of a weaver’s workshop from Egyptian tomb. The women are spinning, plying, warping and weaving on a horizontal loom. 2,000 BC. First pyramids were built c. 2681-2662 BC
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Slide 6
1991-1786 BC depiction of Egyptian Aamu people.
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Slide 7
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Slide 8
A funerary tunic of Tutankhamun (1333-1323 BC)
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Slide 9
Evidence of weaving technique-decoration of a Attic Greek lekythos 560BC
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Slide 10
Warp weighted loom depicted on a skphos, Greece, 4th century BC
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Slide 11
A fragment of Greek linen, woven, c. 400 BC. Fabric embroidered in a diamond pattern inset with lions.
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Slide 12
Female costume from Denmark-early Bronze age c. 1500 BC.Basic shape, shirt has elaborate embroidery around the neck. This corded skirt has parallels with bronze figurines. Skirts with bronze tubing made a merry tinkling sound.
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Slide 13
Detail of fine sewing on Huldremose woman’s cloak, peplos-like dress found near Huldremose woman, and reconstruction of other clothes found on or with bog mummies, 400 BC-340 AD.
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Slide 14
Central Europe
Hallstatt culture: c. 700-500 BC
Watercolours of textiles from C19 excavations
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Slide 15
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Slide 16
Southern Europe Silk and wool embroidery on hemp from southern Macedonia, were dyed in madder for red, carmine acid for scarlet and indigo/woad for blue/black and if mixed with yellow-green. Colour and pattern represents tastes that can be traced back to at least 400 BC.
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Slide 17
Precolombian cotton fabric exhibiting different patterns and weaves.
Detail of a fragment of Paracas fabric of Camelid fibre from the south coast of Peru, ca. 400-100 BC The humanoid figures are embroidered in cross knit looping.
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Slide 18
Detail of a Oaxacan pozahuanco illustrates the brilliance of murex purple.Cotton woven on a back strap loom. Also, indigo and insect-red cochineal. Used occasionally on animal fibres in 1BC then important cotton dye after C1500 AD.
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Slide 19
Bright plumage secured with a cotton stitch. Peruvian Nazca 200BC -200 AD.
