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TEXTILES OF LATE ANTIQUITY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Textiles of Late Antiquity ies Essay by Annemarie Stauffer Entries by Marsha Hill, Helen C. Evans, and Daniel Walker ‘The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Th plestion has ee sued in contin wit be xhbtion “Teles of Late Aig” hl at The Meropolan Meum of Art fom December 14,195, ropa 86 ‘Theputlcstion i made posible The Adie Mio 4s Gree Fadia memory of the de Grote ‘ane, Pike by The Meopalan Manan of Art New Yok Copyright© 995 by The Metopolan Moscum of At Atbighe red Joba # ONell Eeorin Chit Barar Barn, Excee oe Marina D'Alene Mii! rope Designer “Marto Pits Rich Book, Production ‘Thecratos ofthe exibition woul ie hak ‘Nobuko Krai and er sat SeleyGrespn od Eni Ceo the Tere Conservation Deprun, fr shurcxperie a asian, ite Faia Natya ‘spc erm Sane Mer fr hap io al ape tbe cusoia woot ose ehion. aay alate by Marsha “Teephooaraph inthis pbiaon ale oterine reed, nee ade bythe Photograph Sea, The Maroon Maco of Ar. Te map wa ie by Darr Gi Ped at Hal Ping Co nc, Meriden, Conese Cove arto: Tapestry Square (xt. 0.3) ‘nthe de pg Wal Hang, cer extn. $7) Laman oF Conon ckitctcanamcarns Information on fl athe Libary of Congen, ‘Washington, DC OPI. 7688 gh he Metropolitan Museum has cok lected Late Antique exiles fom Egype since 1889, purchasing impor- tant collestions from Theodore Graf (1889) and Friedrich Fischbach (1908), and teceivng che extensive Baker Collection (1490) asa gift from the owner. These collections, which brought so many ofthe vextle weasuts seen 0 these pages othe Museum, had been formed st atime when vast nambers of Late Antique tex- tiles were salable, bur sei origin and concext ‘were poorly recorded and le seudied When the Museum undertook its own exea- ‘ations in Egypt beginning in 197, systematic study ofthe art of ancient Egypt was planned, “The monuments and artistic production ofthe Late Antique period were included inthis plan, the product ofa convergence of Museum presi

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