Designing identity: the power of textiles in late antiquity

Contents

Textiles for clothing and furnishings: putting late antique Roman society and culture on display. Material meaning in late antiquity / Thelma K. Thomas -- Charms: protective and auspicious motifs / Jennifer L. Ball -- The continuity of late antique patterns / Helen C. Evans -- Making textiles and assessing their value / Thelma K. Thomas. Late antique textiles in modern times: collecting and collections. Late antique textiles at the Museum of fine arts, Boston: expanded vistas / Christine Kondoleon -- Collecting and exhibiting late antique textiles at the Brooklyn Museum / Edward Bleiberg -- Minor art, major works: an overview of Dumbarton Oaks' collections of late antique and medieval textiles / Elizabeth Dospel Williams -- Collecting late antique textiles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Brandie Ratliff -- A closer look at textiles from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: materials and techniques / Kathrin Colburn --