Agnes Geijer
Agnes Teresa Geijer (26 October 1898 – 17 July 1989) was a
archaeologist
.
Life
Geijer became the head of the textile conservation
doctoral degree from Uppsala University in 1938, and became employed at the Swedish History Museum in 1941. She was active there from 1947 as a textile conservator.[1]
Geijer died in 1989. A foundation in her name awards grants and
textiles from eight Nordic countries.[2]
Works translated into English
- The Conservation of Flags in Sweden, 1957
- A History of Textile Art (revised translated by Roger Tanner), 1979 ISBN 0-85667-055-3
- Oriental Textiles in Sweden, 1951
- Textile Treasures of Uppsala Cathedral: From Eight Centuries, 1964
- The Viminacium Gold Tapestry: A Unique Textile Fragment from Hungary (edited by B. Thomas), 1964
- Studies in Textile History: In Memory of Harold B. Burnham (edited by Veronika Gervers), 1977 ISBN 0-88854-192-9
References
- ^ Carlquist, Gunnar; Carlsson, Josef, eds. (1950). Agnes Geijer. Vol. 11. Förlagshuset Nordens boktryckeri. pp. 418–419.
- ^ Agnes Geijer Foundation Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Norden.org, Retrieved 2 October 2016
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