Early Textiles Study Group (ETSG) Calls for papers:

"COLOURS"

Franks Room, Welcome Collection Conference Centre, Euston, London

From status statement to mourning dress, colours have played a crucial part in textiles through time and across cultures. Colours can be dramatically combined or worn separately. Specific colours can identify the owner, his or her allegiances, state of mind and state of purse.

Papers are solicited that draw on the wide variety of symbolic, cultural and technical aspects of colours in textiles, from all geographical areas and all time periods upt to 1600. Topics may include: the symbolism of colours, the different social occasions on which certain colours are used, the technical production of colours, and key figures or events associated with particular colour.

We welcome proposals from academics, research students, museum curators, practitioners and independent scholars. Preference will be given to proposals which include images.

Please send one page abstract and brief CV by Tuesday 1st of December 2009 to:

Helen Persson, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL

Fax: +44 (0) 207 942 2335, or e-mail: h.persson@vam.ac.uk