#ancienttextiles

What we explored in D E C E M B E R #bagruprint #bagrutextiles #printgram #ancienttextiles https://www.instagram.com/p/BrPUaAynYDb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fvhh43izpokf

An anxious #Coptic #textile from Egypt, 1,500 years old..... see it & more at the #adelaideantiquefair today and tomorrow. #mooraboolantiquegalleries #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiquesaustralia #ancientegypt #ancienttextiles #ancient #antiquity #textile (at Adelaide Showground)

Viking/Norse bronze spindle whorl #ancienttextiles #dropspinning

Languid hunky Dionysus made possibly in Egypt c. 4th-5th century on tapestry weave of dyed wools and undyed linen. It was probably hung in a home where it set the tone for drinking, dining & erotic pleasures. In "Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity," at #InstitutefortheStudyoftheAncientWorld #AncientTextiles #DesigningIdentity #nyu (at Institute for the Study of the Ancient World)

Mixtec "beehive" spindle whorl artifact. #ancienttextiles #spinning

Latvian tin lead spindle whorl artifact. #ancienttextiles #dropspinning

Carpet from Pazyryk, c 500 BC, Hermitage Museum by julianna.lees on Flickr.