If you are in London (or ever go there) Go to the Petrie museum, you can see some amazing bits of clothing including a complete (and rather ... er... provocative) dancer's dress
@@Simbosan If you mean their 'bead net' dress, research shows it was made to be worn over something else. It's too heavy to wear on bare skin. Though considering many Egyptians routinely went nude (to stay cool and to save their clothing for special occasions) it's more the imagination of modern audiences that get provoked.
Prince Crow great video and quite interesting to be honest but for some reason it's her that's actually mesmerising me ... i don't know how to say this but she is absolutely gorgeous ... literally as far as I am concerned she can humiliate most movie stars
I am loving all these different experts being interviewed and sharing their expertise with us. It's truly inspiring and educational in the best possible way.
So interesting! I never thought that Egyptian textiles would be so highly decorated. I had always imagined plain linen. It is amazing that the fabric has survived so well all of these many centuries.
These textiles are both beautiful and fascinating, but they are from a time when the Egyptian culture has been swamped by cultures from elsewhere. It would be more interesting to see textiles from the period before Alexander when designs and styles would have been truly Egyptian. Surely there must have been textile remains in undisturbed tombs like Tutankhamun, or even better, from lower class people.
I only recently discovered these Curator's Corner videos, and wow are they interesting. Hearing someone that very much loves what they are talking about is always a bonus as well. Outstanding little short snippets of many different subjects throughout history.
I'm only 32 seconds in, and I'm already in love. Please do more of these. And thank you so much for your time and all of the energy you put into providing this for us.
Well I can only assume it's a time (these videos are meant to be super short introductions)/condition (while there are a lot of examples not all of them are handle-able and even more importantly not all are held by the British museum) issue as with many things. I would also love a dedicated lecture on these types of fabrics! As with several of these 'corners' I highly recommend you go to the British Museum(or maybe Smithsonian if you're from the states etc) and look at these exhibitions - the British museum actually has an amazing collection of clothing from the whole historical landscape. Another thing I can recommend is looking up the Oriental Institute's youtube as they often have a large variety of lectures wherein they do show large amounts of examples!
amazing that not only this material has been preserved - but the colour and patterns as well - how bright, how colourful, how detailed, how precise - a real window in the real people in the past that cold stone monuments simply doesn't provide. thank you for preserving and sharing this insight
Ancient clothing is so interesting! If I am not mistaken Egypt has what was thought to be the oldest knitted fabric but was actually nålbindning of socks in the coptic stitch! My favourite craft--they were so talented in crafting these textiles!
An excellent presentation. I was unaware that the British Museum had textiles from this period. I look forward to seeing more videos from this Curator. I shall certainly visit the textiles collection next time I am at the museum.
I have many questions I'd like to ask Amandine. Questions about colouring, types of looms, base thread patterns, local textile industry versus imported foreign and more. There's just so much to learn about. It's also refreshing to speak to someone who is not only well experienced but also knows the value, historically and culturally, of the pieces being preserved.
These textiles are beautiful craft work. It must have been really talented artists who made this. Especially the second sleeve. Weaving the textile must have been a work of patience. Making it must have kept them? busy for some weeks ... Sadly I’m not from the UK but a long time ago I visited the British Museum to view the Lammasu and many other beautiful artefacts. Given the chance I’d surely come back. The British Museum is fantastic, I could live there in a matter of speaking. Thanks for sharing.
Tbh I didnt know it had a exact date but honestly thats exactly how classified history. I felt like when Herodotus came into the picture history was lit like a lantern. Before during the iron age and earlier ages history was black and white and filled with tablets and bah reliefs of great kings and their victories. Many tablets even show the mundane life of being a tradesman. That all felt so ancient to me. Tbh the late bronze age/collapse and early iron age is one of my fav time periods!
There is something uniquely fascinating in the history of seemingly banale things. [I do adore listening to languages being spoken by foreigners, English being spoken by French and Germans, German and French spoken by English speakers, Americans trying their hands at Spanish, I love it all!]
Lovely textiles, interesting discussion of fabric production. HOWEVER, every item discussed is from AD, including into the 15-16th centuries.... certainly not from the time of the pyramids BC. Suggest giving this a new title, which includes the know time periods for the textiles .
@@シロダサンダー 2590 - 2500 BCE for the Pyramids. I was a little confused myself. 'Ancient Egypt' colloquially refers to 'Dynastic Egypt' from about 3100BCE to Alexander the great's conquest in 330ish BCE after which Egypt was ruled by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty, then called 'Ptolemaic Egypt'. The textiles seemed to be from a later period, post muslim conquest of Egypt. I would guess this explains the shift from animal designs to geometric patterns and woven script.
Well she's a jolly little sweetheart! If they can put an inscription into a piece of fabric it's probable that we really haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg. Their fabrics must have been amazing.
I would COVET the chance to hear you speak more on the blazons that are in your collection! (or even those that are not) A dictionary of ancient Egyptian blazons would be an absolute dream. Great video and thanks so much for your discipline and sharing!
I hope for more of these types of videos. It's great to see stuff about weapons, religious artifacts, art etc. but these types of videos get me generally more excited. Videos about how people actually lived.
This is about the first video I have seen on ancient Egyptian textiles. I was hoping it would be about textiles found in King Tut's tomb because I think quite a bit of clothing and other textiles were interred with him. I am surprised I have never found a video describing how people in Tutankhamun's time actually dressed. From wall paintings we get the idea everyone wore flimsy, see-through, pleated white linen garments all the time, with wide jeweled collars and an occasional leopard skin attached for emphasis. I researched clothing found with Tut and could not find much information available. I finally found one site that showed textiles and recreations of Tut's clothes, many of which were colorful or patterned tunics similar to male garments in the Middle East of today. The fabrics were similar to those shown in this Curator's Corner video. Were the filmy linen garments court dress, worn for special occasions only, or were they idealized representations of clothing? When, how, why, where were such garments worn, if they were worn at all? Did any of them, or fragments of them survive? There are wall images of Tut or others hunting from boats in the reeds of the Nile, wearing the white linen pleated kilt and jeweled collars. Surely that is inaccurate?
In the first example (shawl or furnishing textile), would the silk have been in imported as thread and woven locally, or would the ribbon be imported already woven? In the second example (Tiraz tunic sleeve), what kind of loom would have been used to create the woven pseudo-script? Fascinating stuff!
Thank you ms. Merat . This video was very informative and interesting. I thought the examples of the textiles were absolutely beautiful and I was surprised by the fact that textiles from the ancient world were so beautiful. And speaking of beauty for the record I would like to tell you that your eyes are just as exquisite as your scholarly knowledge.
Super interesting! Would have loved to see an illustration of the garments she was speaking about pop up. Of course I can picture a tunic, but a visual would help.
Ancient Egyptian seems a bit misleading given the subject, Late Antique Egyptian and Medieval Egyptian is better (one loves to nitpick). Cool stuff though thank you!
haha I was thinking how spoiled we are in Egyptology when the dates were mentioned. Anywhere else in the world we'd be in raptures about textiles so well preserved from the early AD centuries. Egypt, and we want many centuries BC.
I thought "Ancient Egyptian" was, like, Ramesses & the 19th Dynasty; you know, the New Kingdom. It's no big deal; it's just the vid is NOT ancient Egyptian textiles. This is medieval, Muslim Egyptian textiles. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I would've liked to have known that before I clicked on this video. Sampling the song lyric would've still worked, no worries.
VERY interesting history. It would be GREAT if you could have someone do illustrations of the garments you described...it's much easier to understand exactly what you're talking about. I'd love to know what exactly the skirt looking outfit the men seem to be wearing that look like they're pleated and look very stiff, or starched (referring to paintings inside tombs, on walls) What are they made from (I guess linen?), and how did the fabric hold the pleats in that design, some kind of pressing? Thank you for the video!
Have you ever picked up a cup of some drink and taken a sip while thinking it was something else? And you get that weird moment where your brain and your taste buds have a fight over what you just put in your mouth, so for a few seconds the milk you just drank tastes weirdly of cola? That's what hearing a French accent on the British Museum youtube channel did to my ears for a second. It was a unique experience.
Curators corner is my new favorite thing on UA-cam. Please keep them coming.
I agree and I love hearing from the experts.
Not newest favorite for me. I look forward to hearing these experts talk about the work they love.
Likewise! Such a delight! Thank you British Museum!
Grant Fitz same!
Makes me want to visit England for a week just to see everything in the british museum
I'd love to see more about ancient clothing. And perhaps a reproduction of the complete garment.
I agree. AND ALSO! I am quite pleased that they didn't go "history channel" on this one and do the disservice of just making some shit up. ;)
Absolutely agree! I think this would have been far more powerful with a recreation, even if it was just an illustration.
If you are in London (or ever go there) Go to the Petrie museum, you can see some amazing bits of clothing including a complete (and rather ... er... provocative) dancer's dress
@@Simbosan If you mean their 'bead net' dress, research shows it was made to be worn over something else. It's too heavy to wear on bare skin.
Though considering many Egyptians routinely went nude (to stay cool and to save their clothing for special occasions) it's more the imagination of modern audiences that get provoked.
YESS
Lovely video. It would be great to see more videos about textiles and fashion in ancient cultures; it is unfortunate that so little survives.
Prince Crow great video and quite interesting to be honest but for some reason it's her that's actually mesmerising me
... i don't know how to say this but she is absolutely gorgeous ... literally as far as I am concerned she can humiliate most movie stars
Dr. Elizabeth Wayland-Barber (sp?) has written a lot about textile production throughout history! Her book Women's Work is excellent.
@@MelissaSamms I have her book 'The Mummies of Urumchi', and highly recommend it.
I am loving all these different experts being interviewed and sharing their expertise with us. It's truly inspiring and educational in the best possible way.
So interesting! I never thought that Egyptian textiles would be so highly decorated. I had always imagined plain linen. It is amazing that the fabric has survived so well all of these many centuries.
These are not examples from the ancient dynastic era - they are of later vintage.
@@MooPotPie ancient Egyptians would also have worn decorated fabrics, like the Minoans.
It’s time to bring back Ancient Egyptian fashion.
A charming presenter and a fascinating topic. I hope to see more of both.
Thanks, I'm gonna have the Bangles in my head all day now.
@fugithegreat - Hum like an Egyptian?
These textiles are both beautiful and fascinating, but they are from a time when the Egyptian culture has been swamped by cultures from elsewhere. It would be more interesting to see textiles from the period before Alexander when designs and styles would have been truly Egyptian. Surely there must have been textile remains in undisturbed tombs like Tutankhamun, or even better, from lower class people.
I only recently discovered these Curator's Corner videos, and wow are they interesting. Hearing someone that very much loves what they are talking about is always a bonus as well. Outstanding little short snippets of many different subjects throughout history.
Watched twice. First time was just to see the fabrics. Second time was to learn about them. Thank you so much.
I'm only 32 seconds in, and I'm already in love. Please do more of these. And thank you so much for your time and all of the energy you put into providing this for us.
Her accent is quite soothing for some reason
Intelligence is comforting.
A wonderful presentation, very informative, progresses well and professional given. Hoping to see another report from you shortly. Thank you !
Unbelievably ancient egyptian fabric designs are so artistry advanced.
I like the curator corner...but I'd like to see more of Ms. Mérat and listen to her adorable accent.
Would never think there would ever textiles such as these available for viewing. Very interesting.
Beautiful fabrics.
This is great. We need more!
I would LOVE to see a video on ancient Mesopotamian clothing and textiles!
Imagine weaving something and thousands of years later - your work is in a museum
And you're like "oh man. That's not even my best work. I wish I'd put a little more time into that piece, but I was really swamped that week"
This series is phenomenal, with great presenters each and every time. Well done Amandine, and bravo!!
is there a reason not to show more examples of the textiles? this is truly fascinating. I guess I really mean that it's a shame this is not longer.
Well I can only assume it's a time (these videos are meant to be super short introductions)/condition (while there are a lot of examples not all of them are handle-able and even more importantly not all are held by the British museum) issue as with many things. I would also love a dedicated lecture on these types of fabrics! As with several of these 'corners' I highly recommend you go to the British Museum(or maybe Smithsonian if you're from the states etc) and look at these exhibitions - the British museum actually has an amazing collection of clothing from the whole historical landscape.
Another thing I can recommend is looking up the Oriental Institute's youtube as they often have a large variety of lectures wherein they do show large amounts of examples!
@@Denuhm - Thank you so much for the suggestions. I appreciate them.
Nothing is new under the sun is perfect for everything. I loved learning that there was branding on textiles similar to Louis Vuitton and Chanel.
amazing that not only this material has been preserved - but the colour and patterns as well - how bright, how colourful, how detailed, how precise - a real window in the real people in the past that cold stone monuments simply doesn't provide. thank you for preserving and sharing this insight
Ancient clothing is so interesting! If I am not mistaken Egypt has what was thought to be the oldest knitted fabric but was actually nålbindning of socks in the coptic stitch! My favourite craft--they were so talented in crafting these textiles!
An excellent presentation. I was unaware that the British Museum had textiles from this period. I look forward to seeing more videos from this Curator. I shall certainly visit the textiles collection next time I am at the museum.
I have many questions I'd like to ask Amandine. Questions about colouring, types of looms, base thread patterns, local textile industry versus imported foreign and more. There's just so much to learn about.
It's also refreshing to speak to someone who is not only well experienced but also knows the value, historically and culturally, of the pieces being preserved.
As a seamstress and weaver this was fascinating. Very well done. More please!
Amazing video :) Hope Amandine will do more videos in the future :)
These textiles are beautiful craft work. It must have been really talented artists who made this. Especially the second sleeve. Weaving the textile must have been a work of patience. Making it must have kept them? busy for some weeks ... Sadly I’m not from the UK but a long time ago I visited the British Museum to view the Lammasu and many other beautiful artefacts. Given the chance I’d surely come back. The British Museum is fantastic, I could live there in a matter of speaking. Thanks for sharing.
No they were stupid in the olden days smartness was invented in 1952 idiot
Please show more information on clothes from other civillisations it would be fascinating to see them
awesome content - i learned much more from this 8 min than all youtube videos i watched the last weeks period
I love that you gave the opportunity to share her curiosities not being a native speaker.
BEAUTIFUL accent, beautiful subject, beautiful objects.
the title is kinda misleading like shouldnt it be medieval egypt if they are from after 473 aD?
I'm okay with 1500 years old being called ancient.
@@mhansl You might be on a personal level. But on an academic level it is incorrect and misleading.
@@TheDrownedEarth on an academic level ancient isn’t a specific time period like classical antiquity or iron age
@@lucygrey37 The ancient period is 3000BC to 476BC.
Tbh I didnt know it had a exact date but honestly thats exactly how classified history. I felt like when Herodotus came into the picture history was lit like a lantern. Before during the iron age and earlier ages history was black and white and filled with tablets and bah reliefs of great kings and their victories. Many tablets even show the mundane life of being a tradesman. That all felt so ancient to me. Tbh the late bronze age/collapse and early iron age is one of my fav time periods!
Absolutely incredible that these delicate textiles survived. I would love to see more from Egypt and different cultures. Fascinating!!!
This is wonderful! Do you think you could show something of Ancient Egyptian hairstyles?
How interesting, just want more of it
so the Egyptians were printing textiles all them years ago very interesting it looks like some of the styles could have been done today
I always learn something new from these videos that I didn't know I wanted to know beforehand. I'm better for it. Thanks so much for the series.
There is something uniquely fascinating in the history of seemingly banale things.
[I do adore listening to languages being spoken by foreigners, English being spoken by French and Germans, German and French spoken by English speakers, Americans trying their hands at Spanish, I love it all!]
Good stuff ! One of my favorite channels.
I LOVE Curator's Corner!
CANZUK ...forever.
So great! This is like really touching history
wonderful ! Really well done.
Lovely textiles, interesting discussion of fabric production. HOWEVER, every item discussed is from AD, including into the 15-16th centuries.... certainly not from the time of the pyramids BC. Suggest giving this a new title, which includes the know time periods for the textiles .
Pyramids BC? Know time periods?
@@シロダサンダー 2590 - 2500 BCE for the Pyramids.
I was a little confused myself. 'Ancient Egypt' colloquially refers to 'Dynastic Egypt' from about 3100BCE to Alexander the great's conquest in 330ish BCE after which Egypt was ruled by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty, then called 'Ptolemaic Egypt'.
The textiles seemed to be from a later period, post muslim conquest of Egypt. I would guess this explains the shift from animal designs to geometric patterns and woven script.
Bravo amandine...chouette vidéo...
Well she's a jolly little sweetheart! If they can put an inscription into a piece of fabric it's probable that we really haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg. Their fabrics must have been amazing.
this is amazing! thank you for sharing today ^^
What a really nice name you have. Great video too. I would really like to know more about how clothes where made in the Egyptian time.
I would COVET the chance to hear you speak more on the blazons that are in your collection! (or even those that are not) A dictionary of ancient Egyptian blazons would be an absolute dream. Great video and thanks so much for your discipline and sharing!
I hope for more of these types of videos. It's great to see stuff about weapons, religious artifacts, art etc. but these types of videos get me generally more excited. Videos about how people actually lived.
This channel is absolutely amazing.
This is SO fascinating. Can't wait to watch more videos!
Interesting video, I've got to tell you though, it was that little grin that caught my attention. Downright infectious! 😁
This is about the first video I have seen on ancient Egyptian textiles. I was hoping it would be about textiles found in King Tut's tomb because I think quite a bit of clothing and other textiles were interred with him.
I am surprised I have never found a video describing how people in Tutankhamun's time actually dressed. From wall paintings we get the idea everyone wore flimsy, see-through, pleated white linen garments all the time, with wide jeweled collars and an occasional leopard skin attached for emphasis. I researched clothing found with Tut and could not find much information available. I finally found one site that showed textiles and recreations of Tut's clothes, many of which were colorful or patterned tunics similar to male garments in the Middle East of today. The fabrics were similar to those shown in this Curator's Corner video.
Were the filmy linen garments court dress, worn for special occasions only, or were they idealized representations of clothing? When, how, why, where were such garments worn, if they were worn at all? Did any of them, or fragments of them survive? There are wall images of Tut or others hunting from boats in the reeds of the Nile, wearing the white linen pleated kilt and jeweled collars. Surely that is inaccurate?
Yeah, I had the impression that the royal courts were pretty much walking around naked.
A fascinating presentation, explained nicely by someone I could listen to all day :)
In the first example (shawl or furnishing textile), would the silk have been in imported as thread and woven locally, or would the ribbon be imported already woven? In the second example (Tiraz tunic sleeve), what kind of loom would have been used to create the woven pseudo-script? Fascinating stuff!
Very interesting stuff, excellent production. What a charming beautiful woman !
This was a really nice clip of information. Thank you for diversifying the content of your channel.
What a charming and knowledgeable young lady...!
LOVE Egypt! LOVE fabrics !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you ms. Merat . This video was very informative and interesting. I thought the examples of the textiles were absolutely beautiful and I was surprised by the fact that textiles from the ancient world were so beautiful. And speaking of beauty for the record I would like to tell you that your eyes are just as exquisite as your scholarly knowledge.
Amazing presentation.
Wonderful video, thank you.
Very interesting, textiles are a huge target for grave robbers for good reason. One of the few things you can see that are instantly relatable.
Thank you. Excellent.
I should not have found this series at 5am.
Great! Now I have The Bangles in my head.
Thank you, very interesting to see and to learn how the textiles changes.
Could listen to this all day...
She is so naturally beautiful!
Very interesting and well presented. What survives is beautiful, the garments must have originally been gorgeous.
Super interesting! Would have loved to see an illustration of the garments she was speaking about pop up. Of course I can picture a tunic, but a visual would help.
Ancient Egyptian seems a bit misleading given the subject, Late Antique Egyptian and Medieval Egyptian is better (one loves to nitpick). Cool stuff though thank you!
haha I was thinking how spoiled we are in Egyptology when the dates were mentioned. Anywhere else in the world we'd be in raptures about textiles so well preserved from the early AD centuries. Egypt, and we want many centuries BC.
@@jeffkeith637 For us Egypt either BC or B silent.
Was thinking the same thing... like wait a minute...
I love this channel!
2:57 "I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!" 😄
I love your accent! It makes everything more interesting 😊
I like studying textiles. Fascinating! I am an "arm chair Egyptologist". Excellent video! Thank you! I have subscribed.
What was thread count for the oldest pieces? Was it primarily plain weave? Would love to see detail of how thread was spun and woven
I thought "Ancient Egyptian" was, like, Ramesses & the 19th Dynasty; you know, the New Kingdom. It's no big deal; it's just the vid is NOT ancient Egyptian textiles. This is medieval, Muslim Egyptian textiles. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I would've liked to have known that before I clicked on this video. Sampling the song lyric would've still worked, no worries.
Completely agree.
wow I need to know a lot more about this! amazing
I had no idea that fabric survived from this time , beautiful designs
This is so interesting to learn about!
More please.
Unbelievable, anciant fabrics are so artistic
fascinating!
I love the Egyptian textiles I’ve been able to afford. My Omar Shariff bag is my favorite!
I have a scarf/shawl from Egypt that I love... 😉😊
Thank you--that was so very intereting.
I like you. I want to see more of your corners!
Great video, you guys deserve more views and subs..
but i guess not many people love history
Thank you, completely fascinating.
VERY interesting history. It would be GREAT if you could have someone do illustrations of the garments you described...it's much easier to understand exactly what you're talking about. I'd love to know what exactly the skirt looking outfit the men seem to be wearing that look like they're pleated and look very stiff, or starched (referring to paintings inside tombs, on walls) What are they made from (I guess linen?), and how did the fabric hold the pleats in that design, some kind of pressing? Thank you for the video!
I would like to know how these textiles were made, especially the ones from the BC era. Some kind of ancient loom?
How about creating a fashion line? I would buy!!!
Excellent!
So nice how many Europeans work at the British museum, everybody sharing that common urge to preserve history
Very educational thank you!
I'd rock an ancient Egyptian clothing line if some brand made them.
Have you ever picked up a cup of some drink and taken a sip while thinking it was something else? And you get that weird moment where your brain and your taste buds have a fight over what you just put in your mouth, so for a few seconds the milk you just drank tastes weirdly of cola?
That's what hearing a French accent on the British Museum youtube channel did to my ears for a second. It was a unique experience.