|
Skirted garments are some of the earlist textile garments because the basic skirted garment was simple and easy to weave. Dresses can be made very fancy, but the basic design of a dress and skirt are very simple. Dresses are more compicated than skirts necause they include a bodice, but still the basic design is relaltively simple. The Tarkhan dress seems to be be the earliest textile garment ever found. Some describe it as a tunic. And we do not known if it was designed for a man or woman. The Tarkhan dress was found in the ancient Tarkhan Cemetery in thv desert about 30 miles outside of Cairo. Many early garments that have been found are Egyptian, this may be partially because of the arid environment and the Egyptian burial practices, helping to preserve fragil textiles. The dress dates to the First Dynasty of the old Kingdom and may date to 3000 BC. It represents an early advance in textile technology -- it is the earlies woven garment ever found. It was a linen garment. There are tightly pleated sleeves and a yoke sewn onto a skirt. Researchers styuding the dress point out creasing at the elbows and armpits, indicating that the garment was worn during the owner's lifetime. The dress was discovered inside out. Some reserchers believe that it was intentionally placed like this in the tomb, ready for the deceased to put it on in the after life--a symbolic funerary practice. While discovred in 1913, but it wasn’t until conservators at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London began working on t 60 years later that its significance was understood.
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Return to the Garment Archeological Evidence: Garments]
[Return to the Main Archeological Style Evidence page]
[Return to the Main Style index]
[About Us]
[Introduction]
[Activities]
[Biographies]
[Chronology]
[Cloth and textiles]
[Countries]
[Garments]
[Girls]
[Photography]
[Topics]
[Bibliographies]
[Contributions]
[FAQs]
[Glossaries]
[Images]
[Links]
[Registration]
[Search]
[Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]
