Ancient Textiles Gallery

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Two coptic textile fragments, circa 5th-8th century ADComprising a tapestry-woven red-legged quail i

ancientpeoples:Textile fragment (part of a tunic)Coptic Egypt, late 3rd–5th century; 29 cm x 53 cmTe

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historyarchaeologyartefacts:Ball of carbonized thread of linen or nettle dating from the Middle Neol

Statue of a Youth (the Mozia Charioteer) (detail), 470–460 B.C., Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek). Detail

Textile fragment of undyed linen furnishing fabric bearing a tapestry motif of a bird in coloured wo

Tunic with checkerboard pattern and stepped yokeInka (Inca) ca. 1476-1534Camelid fiber, interlocked

Woven mantle (camelid hair) of the Paracas culture, on the southern coast of present-day Peru. Arti

Dionysian curtain fragment Linen and wool; 4th century Egypt (Coptic). Collection of the Virginia Mu

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Cecilia Vicuña’s Quipu desaparecido (Disappeared Quipu) is a multisensory memorial to ancient

The thousands of textiles currently housed at the Brooklyn Museum are prime examples of the vast glo

Archaeological Museum of PatraGolden threads and sheets shaped like pomegranate fruit. From Patras H

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mudwerks: (via The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel | Ars Technica

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Textile Fragment with Tapestry-Woven Leaf DecorationCoptic Egypt, 4th century (The Met)

ancientart: An exceptionally well preserved Chancay textile doll, some 1,000-700 years old. Peru,&nb

shiningjasmin: @shiningjasmin Detail from a linen and wool hanging fragment. Egypt, c. 200 - 642 AD

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