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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Table of Figures
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 - Haute Couture in the Bronze Age: A History of Minoan Female Costumes from Thera
FEMALE COSTUMES
COLOURS AND DYES
TECHNOLOGY AND THE ORGANISATION OF PRODUCTION
INTERPRETING MINOAN DRESS
MINOAN COSTUME IN THE 21ST CENTURY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 2 - You Are What You Wear: Scythian Costume as Identity
SCYTHIAN COSTUME IN GREEK ICONOGRAPHY
SCYTHIAN COSTUME IN PERSIAN ICONOGRAPHY
SCYTHIAN ICONOGRAPHY
FEMALE SCYTHIAN COSTUME
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 3 - “On the Borders of East and West”: A Reconstruction of Roman Provincial and Barbarian Dress in the Hungarian National Museum
THE ROMAN MERCHANT’S COSTUME (FIG. 3.1)
THE SARMATIAN COSTUMES
THE COSTUME OF A GERMANIC MAN
THE COSTUME OF A BARBARIAN WOMAN
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 4 - A Weaver’s Voice: Making Reconstructions of Danish Iron Age Textiles
MAKING A RECONSTRUCTION–THE WHAT, WHY AND HOW
RECONSTRUCTION OF A COSTUME FROM HULDREMOSE
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 5 - Iconography and Costume from the Late Iron Age in Scandinavia
ICONOGRAPHY AND COSTUME IN THE LATE IRON AGE
CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 6 - Tools, Textile Production and Society in Viking Age Birka
THE TEXTILES FROM BIRKA
RAW MATERIAL, TEXTILE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN BIRKA
DYEING
TEXTILE TOOLS AND TOOL MANUFACTURE
SPINNING TOOLS
LOOMS AND WEAVING
OTHER TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS
FINISHING AND DECORATION OF TEXTILES
TEXTILE PRODUCTION AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 7 - Spotlight on Medieval Scandinavian Dress: Sources and Interpretations
RECONSTRUCTING MEDIEVAL TAILORING TODAY
THE SOURCES
AN EXAMPLE OF A RECONSTRUCTION OF A MEDIEVAL DRESS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 8 - Tailored Criticism: The Use of Renaissance and Baroque Garments as Sources of Information
EXTANT GARMENTS IN STUDIES OF HISTORICAL DRESS
THE REMAINS OF AN ERA–WHAT SURVIVED AND WHY
ALTERATIONS TO THE GARMENTS IN ORIGINAL AND LATER CONTEXTS
USE OF EXPERIENCE IN STUDIES OF HISTORICAL GARMENTS
CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 9 - Costume in a Museological Context: Dealing with Costume and Dress from Modern Danish History
SO MANY SOURCES….
BE CRITICAL!
DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES–DIFFERENT APPROACHES
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSEUMS–DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRESS COLLECTIONS
BEHIND THE MUSEUM’S SCENES: TWO CASES OF WORKING WITH 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY HISTORICAL DRESS
CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 10 - Cut, Stitch and Fabrics: Female Dress in the Past 200 Years
DRESS: DESIGN AND MATERIALS
BONING
CUT
STITCHING
LINING
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter 11 - Ancient Female Costume: From Silent Cinema to Hollywood Glamour
THE COSTUME DRAMA AND THE COSTUME DESIGNER
FEMALE COSTUMES IN THE FILM NERO–OR THE FALL OF ROME
FEMALE COSTUMES IN THE FILM INTOLERANCE
THE ANCIENT WORLD AND FILM STAR GLAMOUR–FROM CLEOPATRA TO GLADIATOR
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
FILMS
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