| CODE | ISS2803 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Lace Textile in Costumes and Vestments 2 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Islands and Small States Institute | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit objective: This unit builds on the knowledge gained in ISS1803. Study-unit topics: - The characteristics and properties of textile fibres used in historic and modern dress and accessories. - Overview of the construction of fibres, yarns and fabrics used in secular, ceremonial and ecclesiastical textiles that have been embellished with lace. - Cultural contacts, technological developments, political, economic and social factors that influenced the forms and functions of costume from the sixteenth century to the present time. - Comparisons and contrasts of Maltese fashions will be made with other Western countries, including characteristic accessories identifiable as being Maltese. - The study and documentation of lace used in ecclesiastical textiles, as well as the care and storage of secular, ceremonial and ecclesiastical items embellished with lace. Suggested readings: - Boucher, Francois A History of Costume in the West - London: Thames and Hudson 1996 (also in the Gozo University Campus library) - Costume in Malta: A History of fabric, Form and Fashion de Piro, Nicholas and Cremona, Vicki Ann (eds) Malta: Patrimonju Publishing 1998 - Cunnington, C. Willett, Cunnington, Phillis and Beard, Charles A Dictionary of English Costume London: Adams and Charles Black 1960 - Earnshaw, Pat Lace in Fashion from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century London: Batsford 1985 - Ribeiro, Aileen Dress in Eighteenth Century Europe: 1715 - 1789 London: Batsford 1984 - Joseph, Marjory L. Introductory Textile Science New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1986 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jill Camilleri |
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