stuff on celts?

Question

anyone know stuff on fashion and furniture for the ancient celts???

Answer 1

Which Celts are you referring to?

The Greek historian Diodorus (90 BC– ca. 30 BC, born at Agyrium in Sicily) described the Celts of his time and place:
“Their aspect is terrifying . . . . They are very tall in stature, with rippling muscles under clear white skin. Their hair is blond, but not naturally so: they bleach it artificially, washing it in lime and combing it back from their foreheads. They look like wood-demons, their hair is thick and shaggy like a horse’s mane. Some of these are clean-shaven, but others – especially those of high rank, shave their cheeks but leave a moustache that covers the whole mouth and, when they eat and drink, acts like a sieve, trapping particles of food. . . . The way they dress is a stonishing: they wear brightly colored and embroidered shirts, with trousers called bracae (possibly source word for breeches?) and cloaks fastened at the shoulder with a brooch, heavy in winter, light in summer. These cloaks are striped or checkered in design, with separate checks close together in various colors.”

There are also Celts from Gaul, from England, from Iberia. Some historians believe there were at least 18 separate migrations of them from beyond the Caucus Mountains.