Textiles of Late Antiquity

Textiles of Late Antiquity

Stauffer, Annemarie, with essays by Marsha Hill, Helen C. Evans, and Daniel Walker
1995
48 pages
50 illustrations
11 x 11 in
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Annemarie Stauffer

Marsha Hill

Marsha is an art historian and Egyptologist with an MA and PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts. She specializes in ancient Egyptian sculpture, with particular interests in metal sculpture and donation practices, art and culture of the first millennium BCE, and sculpture from Tell el-Amarna, where she is a member of the field expedition. She curated Gifts for the Gods: Images from Ancient Egyptian Temples in 2007–08, was the lead curator of the 2016 installation of the Ptolemaic Galleries, has worked on many department exhibitions and installations, and has taught frequently. Currently she is working on a book on excavated sculpture from Amarna, and on a collection of studies in metal sculpture.

Selected publications
Headshot of Helen C. Evans

Helen C. Evans

Dr. Helen C. Evans retired as the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art in 2021. At The Met, she installed the Mary and Michael Galleries of Byzantine Art, the first galleries of Byzantine art in a major encyclopedic museum. Her major groundbreaking exhibitions include The Glory of Byzantium (843–1261) in 1997, Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261–1557) in 2004, Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th–9th Century) in 2012, and Armenia! in 2018. Byzantium: Faith and Power received the Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award from the College Art Association for the best exhibition catalogue. Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th–9th Century) won the World Book Award as the best new book in Islamic Studies from The Ministry of Culture and Religious Guidance, The Islamic Republic of Iran. She is a former head of The Met’s Forum of Curators, Conservators and Research Scientists, a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and the recipient of numerous awards from the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian church.

Dr. Evans is chair of the Board of the Mary and Michael Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture (MJCBAC), a director of the American Associates of the St. Catherine Foundation, and a member of the Academic Board of Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Culture. She is immediate past-president of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) and past president of the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) and AAMC Foundation. She has chaired the Editorial Board of the CAA’s Art Bulletin, received many grants, taught widely, and advised museums in the U.S. and abroad. In 2020, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (A.G.B.U.) established the Helen C. Evans Scholarship for students studying Armenian art, art history, and the early church.

Daniel S. Walker

Roundel with Mounted Horseman Spearing a Lion, Silk; twill weave (?)
probably 7th–8th century
Roundel with Mounted Warriors and a Lion, Linen; plain weave, embroidered in silk
probably 6th–7th century
Textile Fragment with a Leaf, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th century
Hanging with Polychrome Columns
, Linen, wool; tapestry weave
5th–6th century
Hanging with Polychrome Columns, Linen, wool
5th–6th century
Fragment of a Hanging with Haloed Figure, Linen
5th century
Fragment of a Cover or Blanket with Interlace Square, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave, weft loop weave
4th–5th century
Fragment of a Hanging with an Interlace Band, Linen, wool
5th–6th century
Coptic Textile Fragment with Image of a Goddess, Linen, wool; plain weave, weft-loop pile
late 3rd–4th century
Tabula (Square) with the Head of Spring, Linen, wool
5th–7th century
Panel with the Triumph of Dionysos, Wool, linen; tapestry weave
4th–6th century
Fragment with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Labors of Herakles, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th–6th century
Square with Putti in a Nilotic Landscape, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th–5th century
Square with Bucolic Landscape, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th–6th century
Ornamental Band with Nilotic Elements, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
6th–7th century
Roundel with Putto and Horse, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
probably 7th century
Cuff Band with Bust of a Female, Linen, wool; tapestry weave
late 7th–9th century
Square with Warrior, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
5th–6th century
Square with Warrior, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
5th–6th century
Square with Quail, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
probably 5th century
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Stauffer, Annemarie. 1995. Textiles of Late Antiquity. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.