Author: Caroline Stone
- Caroline Stone divides her time between Seville and Cambridge, where she is senior researcher on the Civilizations in Contact Project (www.cic.ames.cam.ac.uk).
Posts by Caroline Stone
Movable Palaces
From a distance indeed this great tent would appear to be a castle.… Round and about the pavilion on the ground outside is erected a wall of cloth, as might be otherwise the…
Splendid Suzanis
Suzani comes from the Persian word for “needle,” and the word refers to embroidered hangings or fabric coverings, generally a meter and a half wide (4-5′) but sometimes much more. The birthplace of suzanis…
