Early Applied Arts: Textiles
The State of the Arts: Early Textiles and their study
Saturday 28 January 2012
Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, King’s College London
Strand, WC2R 2LS
After agriculture, textiles have been the most important form of production in all societies from the Neolithic to the Industrial Revolution. In recent years, many new discoveries have been made of textiles and clothing, fragmentary and complete, of prehistoric, ancient and medieval date. This workshop aims to introduce research into this wealth of material to specialists in other areas and to the public at large.
Programme
9.30 - Tea & Coffee
10.00 - 11.15: The Sources
Introduction: Early Textiles and What We Learn from Them
Margarita Gleba, Marie Curie Research Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, University College London
The Study of Textiles and the Understanding of Texts: Extant Silks and English Medieval Documents
Lisa Monnas, London
11.30 - 12.45: Teaching and Conservation
Teaching the History of Early Textiles in UK Institutions
Jane Bridgeman, Associate Lecturer, Central Saint Martin’s School of Art
Textile Conservation and the Study of Early Textiles: knowledge, treatment and intervention
Elena Phipps, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
12.45 - 14.00: Lunch
14.00 - 15.15: Studying textiles - the United Kingdom
Research into Early Textiles in the UK and its Past and Current Reflection in our Institutions – a Factual Account
Hero Granger-Taylor, London
William Morris and Early Textiles
Bysshe Coffey, University of Exeter
15.15 - 15.45: Tea & Coffee
15.45 - 17.00: Studying textiles: the experience of other countries
Chair - Prof. Dr. Birgitt Borkopp-Restle, Abteilung Geschichte der textilen Künste, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Bern; President, Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens
France – the Very Long Tradition of ‘Textile Analysis’ inherited by the Centre International d’Étude des Textiles Anciens at Lyon
Sophie Desrosiers, Maître de Conférences, Histoire des Techniques, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Scandinavia – from Household Practice to Archaeological Insight
Lise Bender Jørgensen, Professor, Department of Archaeology & Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim
Tickets £15 including lunch. Booking is available via the
King's e-shop.
Please note, booking will close at midnight on 25 January. If you wish to book after this date email chsevents@kcl.ac.uk to check availability.