Bisso marino: Fili d'oro dal fondo del mare = Muschelseide: Goldene Faden vom Meeresgrund = Marine Byssus: Golden Threads from the Seabed
Milano: 5 Continents Editions, 2004. Softcover. White card wraps with color image and black lettering. Deep French flaps. 127 pp. with color images throughout. VG, clean, tight; minor age-toned stripe to fore edge of front cover. Item #154127
ISBN: 8874391145
Text in Italian/German. Catalogue from the exhibition of March 19 to June 17, 2004 at Basel's Naturhistorisches Museum und Museum der Kulturen. "Sea-silk has everything that fascinates and excites imagination: it shines like gold in the sun, it comes from the sea, is rare and precious - and its history dates back to antiquity: Just the right topic for myths and legends. Each period cultivates its own legend and creates new ones. What was sea-silk? What is sea-silk? In the history of textiles, sea-silk represents only a tiny section. Until recently there was very little research, and the knowledge of the production and processing of sea-silk as a cultural heritage was threatened with extinction. Until the mid-20th century Taranto in Apulia and Sardinia were centres of sea-silk processing. Both places are again important today, where the focus lies on raising awareness of the artisanal knowledge and to communicate it to the next generations - although new lines of business will not arise, as the noble pen shell is protected. In 1998, the American biologist and science historian Daniel McKinley published the first comprehensive monograph Pinna and her silken beard: a foray into historical misappropriations, a critical historical analysis with an extensive bibliography. This study is now considered a standard work. In the same year, and independently, the project Sea-silk started in Switzerland, at the Natural History Museum Basel. Its goals are: Compiling an inventory of all objects in sea-silk still existing; tracing the history of this almost forgotten textile material, its production and processing, documentation of the knowledge and the remains of this cultural heritage of the Mediterranean. The world's first thematic exhibition took place in 2004 at the Natural History Museum Basel: «Muschelseide – Goldene Fäden vom Meeresgrund / Bisso marino - Fili d'oro dal fondo del mare», in cooperation with the European department of the Museum der Kulturen Basel. Over 20 textile items made from sea-silk from both European and U.S. collections where shown." - from http://www.muschelseide.ch/en/projekt.html.
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