@QueensClassics @caitlinrgreen That is very beautiful.
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@caitlinrgreen Isn't it just. And so astonishing that something so fragile should have survived for a millennium and more...1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@QueensClassics@caitlinrgreen Definitely. It's amazing the condition it's in after all that time. You'd have expected it to rot. Wouldn't U1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@caitlinrgreen Indeed. If only we had textiles from ancient Greece and Rome: women's work and very much valued!2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@QueensClassics @EquineAnn Got curious & found some poss ex: 5thC textile of Ariadne, Coptic https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/27305838@N04/6244054950/ …pic.twitter.com/QZg8I4MQFO
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@QueensClassics @EquineAnn This is apparently a detail of a 4th-6thC woollen hanging, Egypt: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/27305838@N04/12430371144/ …pic.twitter.com/5poIpUZUit
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@QueensClassics @EquineAnn Final one--supposedly early 4thC or before textile, Coptic: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/27305838@N04/6244007982/ …pic.twitter.com/ABhshFz9p4
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A lovely 7thC silk textile of two stags, from Sogdiana: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangdalion/4928482676/ …pic.twitter.com/jIVAfyBMas
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Saddle cover from Central Asia, late 8th to mid-9th century in date: http://www.hali.com/choices/the-abegg-stiftung-riggisberg-welcomes-visitors-from-late-april-to-early-november/ …pic.twitter.com/LTWbCUdNxS
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@caitlinrgreen Beautiful they were also found in England?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Umarkarim89 alas not---have some decorated silks etc from Viking burials, but nothing like this!
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@caitlinrgreen I have always been fascinated by the Babylon civilization specially the dresses they and then romans used elegant they were0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen ahaan even then you are lucky :)0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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