IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 121: Travelling Textiles
Monday 12 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | DISTAFF: Discussion, Interpretation & Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics & Fashions |
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Organiser: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
Moderator/Chair: | Elizabeth Coatsworth, now retired |
Paper 121-a | Anglo-Saxon Embroidery on the Move (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Social History |
Paper 121-b | Heraldic Devices in the Bayeux Tapestry (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Military History |
Paper 121-c | Travels in Time: The Bayeux Tapestry and its Heirs (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Social History |
Abstract | The session begins with probable Anglo-Saxon embroideries showing what evidence there is for English production and how and to where on the continent they have travelled. There will then be 2 papers on the Bayeux Tapestry, one examining the quasi-heraldic devices and considering whether they reflect protagonists from different places or are merely decorative; and one examining how the influence of the Bayeux Tapestry has promoted copies and similar collaborative needlework creations in various places. |