Qompi Textile Heritage
04
Color Preservation Across Ancient Textile Traditions
The oldest cloth holds the truest color
Paracas Embroidered Mantles
Andean Colonial Weavings
Egyptian Funerary Linens
Sassanid Court Silks
Mediterranean Woolens
94%
71%
58%
43%
29%
c. 200 BCE
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%