Eva Palmer Sikelianos and Her Loom: Weaving the Ancient Greek Dress

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Eva’s loom. (Picture from the Museum of Delphic Festivals.) The newspapers mocked that she was the only ancient Greek in modern Athens. The locals would stare at her classicized dress. Her handwoven tunic and leather sandals clashed with the Parisian dress style of the Athenian women. In 1906, American-born Eva Palmer turned her back to…

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