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To the Society for textile archaeology and culture studies.

The society is a platform for both traditional research, experimental and crafts research as well as a knowledge hub for Viking age textile culture.


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25 September, 2025

Was moved to a new larger booth at the fair today, visit us at C04:50!


24 September, 2025

The book Viking bliss : The golden age of square kufi by Annika Larsson and Mohammed Guennoun is released tomorrow at the Gothenburg book fair!


Publisher: Acts of Art(e)Facts

Contact: annika.larsson@textilarkeologi.se

Order at: stardist.com


Textile fragments inside a tortoise brooch, AD ca 900
Boat grave 36, Old Uppsala, Sweden.
Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt, Uppsala university.
The person behind the textiles
DNA analyses can help to tell the story.
Photo: Annika Larsson
This has been used before!
Old stitching holes suggests an interesting story.
Photo: Annika Larsson.
Once shiny silk and shimmering metal
Tablet woven band from boat grave 3, Valsgärde, Sweden.
Photo: Karolina Pallin
Always a lot of information on the reverse side
Listen från Dal / The Dal tapestry, medieval.
Photo: Karolina Pallin