IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 326: Textile as Imitation
Monday 10 July 2006, 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: | Elizabeth Coatsworth, now retired |
| Paper 326-a | A Sincere Form of Flattery: Embroidered Imitations of Figured Silks in the Early Byzantine Period (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 326-b | Wearing her Heart on his Sleeve?: Embroidered Imitation and Amorous (Un)Convention in the Prose Cliges (1454) (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Social History |
| Abstract | The session ranges widely over Byzantium, China, and France, examining textiles which imitate other, richer textiles, which imitate and create text on silk scarves, and which act as symbols in fashionable dress. |