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  Funerary Figure of Akhenaten ca. 1353–1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period  Not on view During the reign of Akhenaten, many funerary figures were made for the king in a variety of materials and styles.  However, none of these seems to have been inscribed with chapter six of the Book of the Dead, the shabti spell that compelled the figure to perform work for its owner in the afterlife.  This is the only complete funerary figure of Akhenaten that is known. In this example, the king wears royal beard and a head covering known as the   khat   with a cobra, the protector of the king, at the brow.

  Frank Johnson, Leader of the Brass Band of the 128th Regiment in Saratoga, with his wife, Helen 1842–44 Auguste Edouart   French  Not on view Silhouettes must have first appeared in England in about 1700, when William and Mary reportedly had their profiles done. By the 1720s, silhouettes—or shades as they were known in Great Britain—had become an established novelty, and by the end of the century their popularity had spread to France. By the end of the eighteenth century, a few French silhouettists had introduced profiles to the United States; however, it was not until the summer of 1839 that Auguste Edouart, the most prolific silhouettist ever to work in the United States, arrived in New York. Driven from France by hard times under Napoleon, Edouart first immigrated to England in 1815, where he worked as a French teacher and made portraits of animals in wax. In 1825, he cut his first silhouette, supposedly at a dinner party in response to a dare to produce a better pro...

Le textile : de la fibre aux vêtements TISSUS ET TEXTILES 0  8 JUILLET 2021 CHLOÉ COTTOUR Gallica vous propose un nouveau parcours,  "Textile : de la fibre aux vêtements" , réalisé avec le concours  de la bibliothèque centrale du Conservatoire national des Arts et métiers . Suivez le fil des tissus, des matières premières qui les composent, des métiers qui les assemblent ou des colorants qui les teignent. Démêlez l'écheveau des techniques artisanales, industrielles ou du "fait-maison".   Ibn Butlân , Tacuinum sanitatis Des matières premières, végétales et animales L’utilisation des fibres textiles  est ancienne. C’est le cas du lin et du chanvre ou encore de l’ortie dont la fibre est utilisée au XIXe siècle dans la confection des draps, filets de pêche ou fil à coudre.  D’autres fibres sont moins connues comme les agaves (la sisal ou la pitte/pite), l’arrouma (un petit palmier), le jute, la ramie (ou ortie de chine), la piña (terme signifiant ananas en espa...