Thanks for the clarification. I had missed the the BC dating. More careful reading of the Mongol Costume, while collected and analyzed in the early 20th Century dates some of the clothing to the 15th and 16th Centuries. Old, but not Ancient.
________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Trembley [attre...@bovil.com] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 3:31 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] asian costume Well, the original question was about third century BC. Reasonably ancient by my standards. "Mongol Costume" is documentation for the early 20th century. Not ancient by any standards. On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:07 AM, R Lloyd Mitchell <rmitch...@washjeff.edu>wrote: > So what is "ancient"? before recordered history? I have been making > (interpreting) some of designs that are > described as pre 900...basic clothing that is compared with Roman and > Greekdraping and fittings..as counterparts to Northern China extant pieces. > Can you point me to more recent sources that may record Asian Costume of > the time you see as Ancient? Unfortunately, Max Tilke in "Costume Patterns > and Design" does not give dates to place the clothing development for the > garments he offers in the international Costumes he introduces. > > ________________________________________ > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf > Of Andrew Trembley [attre...@bovil.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 7:41 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] asian costume > > The Carlsberg Foundation Nomad Research Project is a Danish anthropological > survey of nomadic peoples funded/supported by Carlsberg Brewing. "Mongol > Costume" is an analysis of garments brought back by late 1930's Danish > expeditions. > > Don't get me wrong, it's a great book, and provides insightful analysis of > the evolution of Mongol clothing, but if you're looking for "ancient" this > isn't the book you want. > > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:13 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell < > rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu> wrote: > > > Coming in late on this; did anyone mention "Mongol Costume" in the > > discusion o f? Peasant garb? The book was published by the Carlsberg > > Foundation, Nomad Research Project 1993. it? includes basic clothing > design > > descriptions for the China Stepps and central environs frmon very early > > times. Not surprising, pics are inclusive of garments and artifacts on > the > > wealthy side of Class, but the shapes, colors, patterns include basic > > costume theory. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
