D. O. Kliuchnikova

Tekstil'nye tekhnologii Egipta: viazanie i nalbinding [Textile technologies of Egypt: knitting and nalbinding]

Knitting as a technology is believed to originate in Egypt. However we still do not know when and how it happened. In course of excavations in Egypt artifacts visually reminding knitted fabrics and belonging to different periods were found. This paper observes studies on this topic, general information on differences between fabrics with similar structure made in various non-weaving technics as well as known knitted items from Egypt, which are kept in museum collections around the world.

Keywords:
Ancient Egypt, knitting, knitting with needles, history of knitting, nalbinding.

Original language — Russian.

DOI: 10.24412/2686-9276-2021-00021.

Referring: Kliuchnikova D. O. Textile technologies of Egypt: knitting and nalbinding [in Russian] // Egypt and neighbouring countries 4 (2021): 71–87. DOI: 10.24412/2686-9276-2021-00021.

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