Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943)
The Budapest-born Stein studied Sanskrit, Old Persian, Indology and philology at the universities of Vienna, Leipzig and Tübingen, and map-making as part of his military se…
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The Silk Road & the V&A Stein collection
The Silk Road was the collection of routes across Central Asia which connected China and the Far East with the Mediterranean and the Far West. Trade routes through the arid…
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The Silk Road finds - Map 1
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Astana, Karakhoja, Loulan, Mingoi, Ushak-tal, Yar-khoto
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The Silk Road finds - Map 2
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Dunhuang, Hami, Kharakhoto and the Limes Watchtowers
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The Silk Road finds - Map 3
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Akterek, Balawaste, Chalma-Kazan, Darabzandong, Farhad-Beg-yailaki, Kara-Yantak, Karadong, Khadalik, Khotan, Mazartagh, Maza…
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The Silk Road finds - Map 4
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Endere, Miran and Miran Fort.
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The Silk Road finds - Map 5
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Ganzhou and Suoyangcheng
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The Stein Collection - resources
Books and articles on the Stein collection, textiles and the Silk Road.
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Stein Mellon Textile Project at the V&A
The major phase of the Stein Mellon Textile Project took place between 2003 and 2004 when the V&A participated in a co-operative project to create an international resource…
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Golden Spider Silk
The Greek philosopher Democritus suggested that humans learned to weave by watching spiders. When perfect, their webs - particularly those of the gold…
Buy nowEvent - Talking Threads: A History of Tapestries and Embroideries
Wed 25 September 2013 14:00
10 WEEK SHORT COURSE: Through a series of lectures based on the V&A collections, develop a greater understanding of these two art forms, learn about their techniques, designs and functions and discover the cultural and personal
stories they tell.
