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If your interest in in opulent fabrics of the Viking Age, then Marianne Vedeler's Silk for the Vikings is a necessary addition to your library. This book is fortunately still in print, and is even available in Kindle version.
This book is not large (125 pages) but discusses the silks from Oseberg as well as other graves across the Viking world (the most detailed information is from Oseberg, as it has its own chapter in the book). Production techniques as well as information on how the silk traveled to Northern Europe are also included. There are also discussions about the use and regulation of silk in other parts of the world, as this information helps to form a full picture of the value of the textile during the period. I think one of the one of the most valuable items in the book is the discussion on the types of motifs found in silk textiles of the period. This can help reenactors determine which patterned silks might be the most appropriate for their reconstructions. This book is not only worth having as a reference item, but I have found that mining the bibliography in this one to have lead me to several other books and articles that I did not previously have. |
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If you would like a bit of a taste of this author's work regarding silks, you can checkout an article on silk trade that she wrote here: https://www.academia.edu/10620737/Silk_trade_to_Scandinavia_in_the_Viking_Age._In_Textiles_and_the_Medieval_Economy_Production_Trade_and_Consumption_of_Textiles_8th_16th_Centuries._Angela_Ling_Huang_Editor_Carsten_Jahnke_Editor_._Oxbow_Books_2015
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