From Thread to a Shirt: Textile and Fashion of Prague Residents in the Middle Ages

The richly illustrated book informs the reader about the medieval textile and dying crafts during the 14th–15th centuries, explains the process of textile origin including particular production processes from obtaining raw materials to making final products, presents the equipment of the weaving and dying workshops, and shows various types of textiles and their practical use in everyday life during the High Middle Ages as well as the fashion of Prague burghers. Furthermore, the results of analytical research of archaeological textiles and their restoration are presented along with many original archaeological findings, ethnographic exhibits, and reconstructions of historical clothing.