Posament: An Overview of my Visit to the Historiska Museet
Mistress Disa I BirkilundiOlympic Room
Posament is a textile embellishment technique using a wire coiled around a silk cord found almost exclusively in Birka, Sweden in the tenth century. We will discuss the history of posament as well as go over my recent visit to Historiska Museet to examine the extant posament pieces.