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Pinceau, navette et pelote. Tissus de la basse Antiquité égyptienne et leur création.

Brush, netting and ball. Frabrics from the egyptian antiquity and their creation
From april 25 to november 7 2004
Tapestries, carpets, textiles
Material, clothing and tapestries from the IInd to the VIIIth century from the delta of the Nile, where three important civilizations followed one another: the Lower-Empire, Christianism and Islam, come illustrate the splendor of this era. The works are organised according to the different tools used:paintbrush, shuttle or a ball.

Abegg-Stiftung

Werner-Abegg-Str. 67
3132 Riggisberg - Suisse

Téléphone 031/808 12 01
Fax 031/808 12 00
Mail info@abegg-stiftung.ch
Web http:/ / www.abegg-stiftung.ch
Hours :
From april 29 to november 4
Horaire(s) d'ouverturefrom 2 pm to 5:30 pm
From november 5 to april 27
Horaire(s) d'ouverture
from early November to late April
Admission :
Admission fee :  5 CHF
Free : Children
Dionysos hanging, fourth century AD, Egypt © Photo: Abegg-Stiftung, CH-3132 Riggisberg (Christoph von Virag)
MORE INFORMATION :
Catalogue Textilien des Mittelmeerraumes aus spätantiker bis frühislamischer Zeit, introduction traduced in english, linen binding, 23x31cm, ca. 450p, ca. 200 reproductions in colour and 130 reproductions in black and white, price 280 CHF.