theshinyboogie:

Iron Age shoes (ca. 400 BCE to 400 CE) found on body found in European bog

Photo by Robert Clark, September 2007 National Geographic

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beautiful handwork …

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lapappadolce:

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createcreatively:

Vadstena Observance, Medieval Limp Binding, linen cloth cover. 1451-1452, National Library of Sweden.

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funwithfibers:

European Doublet from around 1580 Made with silk, metallic thread, and brass buttons

Dress

• Place of origin:

  Turkey (made)

• Date:

  1830-1870 (made)

• Artist/Maker:

  Unknown (production)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Woven silk, embroidered with silk

  The side seams of this robe barely extend below the hips. From that point downwards the back and the front panels are separate, revealing the trousers that would have been worn underneath. They also show their own lining, which in this case is an imported European furnishing fabric of blue silk damask. 
  The silk used for the robe was woven with a fine black floral stripe at wide intervals, and a meandering floral stem has been embroidered in the intervening spaces. This pattern was first printed on the ground fabric with dark ink, which can be seen clearly in several places, and was then embroidered using a tambour hook. The completed length of woven and embroidered silk was then cut into the appropriate pieces for the robe. It has been edged with a metal braid.

  Tambour work is only possible if the fabric is held very tightly in a frame. It takes it name from the French word for a drum, because many of the early tambour frames were drum-shaped, and is a quick method of covering the ground with a fine chain-stitch.

  Courtesy of V&A Collections, UK

Gloves

• Place of origin:

  England, Britain (made)

• Date:

  1600-1625 (made)

• Artist/Maker:

  Unknown (production)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Leather and satin, embroidered with silk and metal thread, edged with silver-gilt bobbin lace and spangles

  The motif of roses, birds and wheat sheaves decorating these gloves cannot be identified with any specific association. Although a Tudor symbol, the rose was such a favourite flower in Elizabethan and Jacobean textile and decorative design that very little can be read into its appearance. While the objects embroidered were not heraldic, they may have acted as personal devices. The tradition of symbolic images chosen for tournaments, also known as impresa, during the Elizabethan era carried over to the decoration of articles of adornment such as sleeves, gloves, earrings and pendants.

  The sequins worked into the lace of this pair would have trembled and sparkled in the light as the wearer moved.

  Courtesy of V&A Collections, UK

wasbella102:

Hilt of a Viking Sword - Found at Hedeby, Denmark, 9th c.

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mondonoir:

Front cover of binding from Gaius Julius Caesar: Commentarii, 13 July 1490

16th-century limp vellum binding (flesh side out) with flap at fore-edge and alum thonged tie.

(via University of Glasgow Library)

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mondaysprojects:

Anasazi/MAnasazi/Mogollon Tularosa Black-on-White Olla

mondaysprojects:

Three pairs of hinged bracelets (26.8.125–.130) are associated with the tomb of three foreign wives of Thutmose III. They are all made of burnished gold inlaid with carnelian and glass that was originally turquoise and dark blue, but has faded. Each is inscribed on the inner surface with the cartouches and epithets of Thutmose III suggesting that they were a gift of the king.

theancientworld:

Gold lunula, 2400 BC-2000 BC, Found in Ireland, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age

The British Museum

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gothiccharmschool:

 17th century embroidered velvet book cover. by Aria Nadii on Flickr.

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beverleyshiller:

#antiquebooks