I found the on-line reference for the beaded dress at the Museum of fine arts in Boston: (or you can search by accession #: 27.1548.1 at http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp)
http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=146531&coll_keywords=bead+dress&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=egypt&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=2&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1 Their description follows. Katy Beadnet dress Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu, 2551–2528 B.C. Findspot: Giza, Egypt Length x width: 113 x 44 cm (44 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.) Faience Classification: Costumes On view in the: Egyptian Old Kingdom (Hetepheres) Gallery The main body of the dress consists of faience beads strung in a lozenge pattern. A line of dark blue cylinder beads marks the division between the skirt and the bodice. The halter-shaped bodice consists of alternating rows of cylinder beads and the lozenge pattern. Light and dark blue floral beads hang from the bottom edge of the garment. This portion of a bead net dress was reconstructed from approximately 7,000 beads found in an undisturbed burial (see photographs). Although their string had disintegrated, a few beads still lay in their original pattern. Such garments are frequently shown on painted statues or in tomb wall scenes (see drawing), but this is the earliest surviving actual example of such a garment. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 1927 Accession number: 27.1548.1 Provenance/Ownership History: From Giza, tomb G 7440 Z. 1927: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1927: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: May 27, 1987) On 9/25/07, Sylvia Rognstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought I had saved it but now I can't find the article someone > posted about an ancient beaded Egyptian dress that was discovered some > time ago. It included a photo of the garment. I wanted to show my > class. Anyone have the link, if it still exists? > > Sylrog > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
