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Article Title: Viking Age Shimmer and Silk

Author: Siobhan Harlakenden

Issue date: Autumn 2026

Issue number: 54

Issue topic: Sericulture

Description: Wool was the mainstay of a Viking Age person’s attire, but silk was not only available to Northern Europeans of the time due to widespread trade networks, it was a frequent element of a high-status individual’s garb. This article describes a recreated silk brocade band, modeled off a fragment of a piece of tablet-woven brocade.