Fabric and Food, Food and Fabric

Tables, like bodies, are often not considered "ready" until they are covered in fabric. The association between food and cloth is ancient and contemporary. Join us online to hear the following papers:

Umbrian altar clothes
Dr Tina Anderlini

More than just stripes - medieval tablecloths in focus
Maria Neijman and Amica Sundström

“With all other naprye” table linens and their use in England from 1000 to 1600
Pat Poppy

“A verie good way to take out spottes”: modern experimentation with sixteenth-century textile stain cleaning recipes
Cassandra Chambers

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