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Fashioning the Viking Age
The designs of these outfits are based on two high-status graves, which contained some of the best-preserved Viking Age textiles in Denmark.
‘Fashioning the Viking Age’ is an ongoing project that aims to increase knowledge about Viking Age textiles and clothing in Denmark. Based at the National Museum of Denmark, in collaboration with the Centre for Textile Research at the University of Copenhagen and Land of Legends in Lejre, and funded by the VELUX FOUNDATIONS Museum Programme, the project is made up of three parts.
The first part is focused on the production of Viking Age textiles, through analysis of fibres, tools, textiles, skins, and other materials from the archaeological record, followed by the use of experimental archaeology to recreate textiles that share characteristics with Viking Age materials.
The first pa
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