Weaving and dyeing of textile pieces in antiquity and the Middle Ages

Name: Tissage et teinture des pièces textiles dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge
Start: 2023-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée Auguste Jacquet

Laurence Vaissiere from the Sagillia workshop invites you to discover ancient know-how: demonstration of artisanal vegetable dyeing (hot dye, indigo tank), history and meadows...

Dimanche 17 septembre 2023, 10h00Passé

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©Laurence Vaissiere - Atelier de Sagillia

Laurence Vaissiere from the Sagillia workshop invites you to discover ancient know-how: demonstration of artisanal vegetable dyeing (hot dyeing, indigo tank), history and presentation of techniques and tinctorial plants, techniques of wool preparations (carding, spindle spinning), demonstration of various weaving techniques (tablets, comb, weighing craft); facilitation of participatory workshops for an introduction to the weaving of a braid with a comb.

À propos du lieu

Musée Auguste Jacquet

8 montée du château, 30300 Beaucaire

Gard
Occitanie

The museum is housed in the listed gardens of the castle, residence of the counts of Toulouse. It occupies the buildings of a convent built around 1870\. Open to the public since 1985, the museum offers a thematic tour.
* La pierre de Beaucaire The book of the Confrérie de Saint-Marc and a sampling of the tools used by the last quarry illustrate the history of the quarries of «pierre de Beaucaire».
* La Foire de la Madeleine Posters and prints (17th to 20th century), models, recall the splendour of the famous Beaucaire fair.
* Words and colours of the Félibrige Fichus d'indienne, jewellery of Arlésiennes, furniture, manuscripts of local félibres in Provençal dialect, testify to the attachment of the Gard city to Provençal traditions.
* An archaeological museum The pre-Roman period is illustrated by the discoveries made in the Gallic necropolis; the importance of the Gallo-Roman city, a road relay on the domitian road, is highlighted by the dedication to Titus Carisius: Praetor