IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 804: Transforming Textiles
Tuesday 12 July 2005, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics and Fashion) |
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| Organiser: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
| Paper 804-a | From Bills to Wills: The Life of a Gown in Tudor England (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Social History, Technology |
| Paper 804-b | Scarlet to Blue to Black: Changing Tastes in Medieval Europe (14th-16th Centuries) (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Social History, Technology |
| Paper 804-c | Crimson, Purple, and Blue: The Prestigious Colours of Medieval Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Social History, Technology |
| Abstract | The session will cover London garment use, using tailors' bills, and focus on choice of colour -- changing tastes in colour and prestigious dye-stuffs -- in medieval Europe |