Textile production in classical Athens /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Spantidaki, Stella (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2016.
Series:	Ancient textiles series ; 27.
Subjects:	Textile fabrics > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500. Textile industry > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500. Athens (Greece) > History. Athens (Greece) > Social life and customs. Athens (Greece) > Antiquities. Decorative arts > Greece > History > To 1500. Greece > History > To 146 B.C.

Description
Item Description:	Derives from author's PhD thesis titled L'activité textile en Attique (Ve et IVe siècles avant notre ère), jointly conducted at Sorbonne University, Paris (Paris IV) and Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg and completed in 2013.
Physical Description:	xxvii, 228 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-228). Sources-On the organisation of textile production-Raw materials-Thread production-The warp-weighted loom-Other techniques of textile production-Decorative techniques-Colour-Finishing-Terminological discussion-Annex A: Textile catalogue-Annex B: List of textile related terms in classical literature-Annex C: Preliminary study of spindle-whorls-Annex D: Preliminary study of loom-weights-Afterword.
ISBN:	9781785702525 1785702521