[Elfsea] Fwd: Textile Book Bargains from the David Brown Book Company

[Michelle Dodd]

I was cleaning out my e-mail & found this. I thought it might have some
interest for both the garb-aholics or someone needing documention. I hope
this is of help to someone.

Ly Gabriele

>From: Kristin Payne <kristin.payne at snet.net>
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)
>Subject: Textile Book Bargains from the David Brown Book Company
>Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:03:42 -0400
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I have recently left my position at Boydell & Brewer and have come on board
>to the David Brown Book Co.  DBBC distributes books dealing with the
>classical and medieval worlds.  Included in our list are numerous books on
>textiles and dress as well as books focusing on life during medieval times.
>
>I would like to take this opportunity to offer the selected books on
>textiles at the following special prices.  Additional information on all of
>these books may be found at our website: www.davidbrownbookco.com.
>
>I look forward to hearing from you and receiving your orders!
>
>Best wishes,
>Kristin
>
>Kristin Payne
>Marketing Manager
>The David Brown Book Co
>PO Box 511
>Oakville CT 06779
>Tel: 860-945-9329
>Fax: 860-945-9468
>Email: kristin.payne at snet.net
>
>If you wish to be removed from this email list, please drop me a note at
>kristin.payne at snet.net.
>
>North European Textiles until AD. 1000
>LISE BENDER JORGENSEN
>This book is firstly an enormous catalogue of all textile finds from
>prehistoric, Roman and medieval contexts in Great Britain, Ireland, the
>Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Scandinavia. This data is used to show
>that the first steps towards organized textile production in northern
>Europe were taken more than 2,500 years ago, and that the industry that was
>to centre itself around the English Channel and North Sea coastal areas
>played an important part in the rise of the Carolingian Empire and
>Anglo-Saxon England. 8 77288 416 9, 285p with 206 figs, maps, photos and
>illus., Hardback, (Aarhus UP 1992)
>Publishers Price US $59.95
>DBBC Price US $47.96
>
>Textiles in European Archaeology
>LISE BENDER JORGENSEN
>Thirty-three articles by 38 authors on various aspects of archaeological
>textiles from the prehistoric, Roman, Migration period, Viking Age,
>Medieval and later periods. These papers were given at the 6th triennial
>meeting of the North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles held
>7th-11th May 1995 in Borås.
>9 18595 274 5, 330p, Paperback (GOTARC Series A, Volume 1 Goteborgs
>Univeritet)
>DBBC Price US $43.50
>
>Archaeological Textiles in Northern Europe
>EDITED BY LISE BENDER JORGENSEN AND ELISABETH MUNKSGAARD
>The report from the fourth NESAT symposium, held in Denmark in 1990, to
>promote the study and publication of textiles from archaeological sites in
>northern Europe, contains 26 contributions in English and German. They
>include: Neolitische Textilien im Raum Zurich (A Rast-Eicher); Pre-Roman
>Iron Age textiles in Europe north of the Alps (L B Jorgensen); Vindolanda
>1985-89 (JP Wild); Aspects of the wool textiles from Viking Age Dublin (F
>Pritchard); Silk threads on leather objects from the Middle Ages (I R
>Pedersen); The wools in some medieval textiles from Bryggen (E Schjolberg);
>Experimente am Gewichts-, Rund- und Trittwebstuhl im Mittelalterlicher
>Museumsdorf Duppel (A Goldmann); Drying archaeological textiles (E P
>Peacock); Quantitative research in ancient textiles and freeze drying (W D
>Cooke & E P Peacock).
>8 78973 004 6, 237p with figs and illus., Paperback, (Viborg Museum 1992)
>DBBC Price US $68.50
>
>Textiles in Northern Archaeology
>PENELOPE WALTON
>These 25 papers from the third (1987) NESAT symposium at York range from
>the Neolithic of Northern Europe and the Swiss lakes to 17th-century
>garments in graves at Spitzbergen and in coffins at Roskilde cathedral, by
>way of prehistoric to Roman weaving systems in SW Europe, prehistoric dyes,
>Anglo-Saxon ‘relic’ boxes, the Maaseik embroideries, Viking age techniques
>(spinning, silk and wool headcoverings, women’s dress), Medieval textiles
>(in Gdansk, patterned weaves, embroidery) and others. They represent not
>only the latest research, but a first rate introduction to the subject. The
>volume is dedicated to Elisabeth Crowfoot.
>1 87313 205 0, 231p with photos throughout, Paperback, (NESAT/Archetype
>1990)
>DBBC Price US $30.00
>
>The Roman Textile Industry and its influence
>EDITED BY PENELOPE WALTON ROGERS, LISE BENDER JORGENSEN AND ANTOINETTE
>RAST-EICHER
>Textiles were a hugely important Roman industry yet, because of their
>perishable nature, only fragments remain. These twenty-two essays provide a
>detailed study of surviving fragments from across the Roman world, from the
>dry sands of Egypt to the Atlantic coast and the northern frontiers and
>beyond. The result is a comprehensive reconstruction of both everyday and
>exotic Roman clothing with information about the influences of fashion and
>of Roman weaving techniques. Written by friends and colleagues, the
>contributions are offered as a tribute to John Peter Wild whose own studies
>of Roman textiles have been the inspiration of so much recent work.
>1 84217 046 5, 200p, 4 col pls, illus, Hardback, (Oxbow Books 2001)
>Publishers Price US $35.00
>DBBC Price US $28.00
>
>Ancient Danish Textiles from Bogs and Burials
>MARGARETHE HALD
>This ‘comparative study of costume and Iron Age textiles’ discusses the
>often remarkably well preserved textiles and other garments from
>prehistoric deposits and burials in Denmark’s numerous mose. Hald examines
>in turn textiles and skins from peat bogs; textiles from settlements and
>graves; raw materials and spinning; woven fabrics and their construction;
>dating prehistoric Danish weaves; looms and fabrics; needle and sewing;
>prehistoric costume.
>8 74800 312 3, 398p with 465 figs & illus., Hardback (National Museum of
>Denmark 1980)
>Publishers Price US $70.00
>DBBC Price US $56.00
>
>Studies in Textile History
>EDITED BY VERONIKA GERVERS
>This is a diverse collection of 25 essays on ancient textiles presented to
>Harold Burnham, former curator of textiles at the Royal Ontario Museum.
>Papers include: Icelandic medieval embroidery terms and techniques (Elsa
>Gudjonsson); Archaeological and ethnological considerations of the
>floor-braced body-tension loom (John Vollmer) and Examples of medieval
>tablet-woven bans (Sigrid Muller-Christensen).
>0 88854 192 9, 370p, many b/w pls, Hardback, (ROM 1977)
>Publishers price US $45.00
>DBBC Price US $12.98
>
>Textiles: A Classification of Techniques
>ANNEMARIE SEILER-BALDINGER
>An illustrated practical guide to the production of threads and fabrics,
>weaving and fabric ornamentation and processing which includes ethnographic
>and archaeological research from many different cultures. Includes a
>substantial bibliography.
>1 86333 110 7, 256p, 32 col pls, 300+ b/w figs, Paperback, (Crawford House
>1994)
>Publishers price US $17.95
>DBBC Price US $14.98
>
>Textiles of Late Antiquity
>ANNEMARIE STAUFFER
>A handbook to a 1996 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with
>a brief introductory essay and descriptions of 61 exhibited items from
>across the Eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Egypt and the Near East.
>48p, 30 col pls, b/w illus., Paperback, (Metropolitan Museum 1995)
>Publishers price US $8.95
>DBBC Price US $3.98
>
>Van Dyck and the Representation of Dress in Seventeenth-Century
>Portraiture.
>E. GORDENKER
>This book shows that an understanding of dress can offer a new way of
>revealing the associations and ideals that a portrait may have projected,
>and that the history of costume provides a unique set of tools with which
>to analyse the creativity and contributions of Van Dyck.
>2 503 50880 4, 350 p., 100 b/w illus.+16 colour illus., Hardback (Brepols
>Publishers 2002)
>Publishers Price: $90.00
>DBBC Price US $72.00




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