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Textile history

In our Technical Courses, scholars acquire a method of analysis for the weave structures of historic textiles, and learn to use the terms defined in the multi-lingual…

Technical Courses

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05.09.2021 - 08.01.2022
Shoes

11.11.2020 - 15.11.2020
Costume Colloquium VII. Fashion and Dress in Space and Place

21.06.2020 - 12.09.2021
Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia

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Congress 2019

In October 2019, the 28th CIETA congress will be held at the Deutsches Textilmuseum, Krefeld (Germany).

A detailed programme has been published in the beginning of 2019.

Please, register for the congress – registration has been extended until 15 September 2019.

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THE CIETA BLOG

Join us for a lively exchange – CIETA members are invited to send us their news from the world of textiles!

02/08/2019 An old handicraft still alive!
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18/04/2019 Happy Easter!
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15/04/2019 Des Couleurs pour les Lumières – Antoine Janot, teinturier occitan (1700-1778)
Dominique Cardon informed us that her publication on a 18th century Languedocian dyer has just come out. It includes the edition of three of his memoirs on dyeing and many samples of dyed wool broadcloth. more...

11/03/2019 Reconstruction of the Canvas as used by El Greco for ‘The Burial of the Count of Orgaz’
El Greco painted 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz' on a canvas with a pattern. In a project that originated in the 'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneur Programme' I had started to weave painters canvas with a pattern. At least I made a reconstruction of the canvas used by El Greco. more...

21/01/2019 Studies on textiles from the Ryukyu Kingdom (present-day Okinawa)
Prof. Hans Bjarne Thomsen – who is doing research on textiles from the Ryukyu Kingdom and Okinawa (old and new names of the same archipelago) – needs your support. more...

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