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The Tarkhan Dress, named for the Tarkhan cemetery south of Cairo in Egypt where it was excavated in 1913, is an over 5000 year old linen garment that was confirmed as the world's oldest piece of woven clothing. [2] [1] The dress coded UC28614B is currently in the collection of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. [3]
Pleated linen of queen Neferu ca. 2051–2030 B.C. The earliest form of pleated linen dates from ancient Egypt and can be seen in a garment known as the Tarkhan dress, which is over 5000 years old and is believed to be one of the oldest dresses in existence. [1]
There are significant holdings of Egyptian costume, including a piece of Egyptian linen from around 5000 BC, one of the earliest known, [21] and the Tarkhan dress from the fourth millennium BC, the world's oldest known woven garment as of 2016. [22] The collection also includes material from the Ptolemaic, Roman and Islamic periods. [23]
Tarkhan is an ancient Egyptian necropolis, located around 50 km south of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile. The cemetery was excavated in two seasons by Flinders Petrie . Tombs of almost all periods were found, but most importantly many belonging to the time of Egyptian state formation, the Early Dynastic period around 3100 BC.
The dress' designer, Arnold Scaasi, called her "the most glamorous grandmother in the United States," according to the Smithsonian. Hillary Clinton, 1993 Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.
Velvet, silk, satin, smoking (a corded rayon), synthetics, and polyester knits are also used, but more expensive. The typical folk dress takes 4 1/2–5 meters of 80–90 cm wide fabric. Many tailors have a standard dress style they make, with more skilled tailors making variations on it. [38]
America's 14 Oldest Taverns & Inns First, a little bit of history. Restaurants as we know them didn't really exist in the United States until Delmonico's opened in New York City in the 1830s.
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