Printed linen - little bits from my craft room

Some time a go I purchased some pretty printed linen fabric from here. I'm still not sure what I will make of it, possibly a wall hanging of some kind to hang inside our tent. It reminds me a bit a a printed linen Italian wall hanging in the Historical museum in Basel. For now it is just being pretty in a corner of our craft room.

Online articles from the 'Textielhistorische Bijdragen'

Quite recently, the Historisch Centrum Overijssel, has made all the back issues of the Textielhistorische Bijdragen available online (see complete list here). I made a selection for you of all the articles of interest for the late medieval and early modern period. Sadly all articles are in Dutch (so this is especially for our Dutch and Flemish readers or anyone adventurous enough to try his/her hand at reading them anyway).

• Laura van Aert & Danielle van den Heuvel, Sekse als de sleutel tot succes? Vrouwen en de verkoop van textiel in de Noordelijke en Zuidelijke Nederlanden 1650-1800 (On female textile sellers in the Low Countries between 1650 and 1800)
• M. Balkestein, De plaats van de textielproductie in de rangorde van beroepen. Een drietal prentenreeksen uit de middeleeuwen, de 17e en de 18e eeuw (The place of textile production in the order of professions based on print series from the middle ages, the 17th and the 18th century)
• Paul Brusse & Margreet Windhorst, 'Tot welvaren van de stadt ende verbeteringh vande neringhe.' Arbeidsmarktregulering en economische ontwikkeling in de Amersfoortse textiel 1450-1800 (Labor market regulations and economic developments in the textile industry of Amersfoort, 1450-1800)
• Sjoukje Colenbrander, 'Zolang de weefkonst bloeijt in't machtig Amsterdam.' Zijdelakenfabrikeurs in Amsterdam in de 17e en 18e eeuw (Silk fabric production in 17th and 18th century Amsterdam)
• Marianne Eisma, Met reclame door het lint, lint en passement in Amsterdam in de 17e en 18e eeuw (Ribbons and passementerie in Amsterdam during the 17th and 18th centuries)
• Henk van Haaster & Maarten van Bommel, Botanisch en chemisch onderzoek aan de 17e eeuwse lakenweverij in Gouda (Botanical and chemical analysis of the 17th century cloth weaving mill in Gouda)
• Judith H. Hofenk de Graaff, Veranderend kleurstofgebruik in de Leidse textielververij in de 16e en 17e eeuw (Changing use of dyestuffs in Leiden, 16th-17th century)
• E.J. Kalf, Een interessant borduursel in het Rijksmuseum in Twenthe (An interesting piece of embroidery in the Rijksmuseum in Twenthe)
• A.C.M. Kappelhof, Enige aspecten van de produktie, handel en consumputie in wollen en linnen stoffen in Den Bosch (1435-1650) (Production, trade and consumption of wool and linen fabrics in Den Bosch, 1435-1650)
• Anique C. de Kruiff, In stof zijt gij ... Enkele textiele vondsten in de reliekschat van de Utrechtse Gertrudiskathedraal (Textile finds from the reliquary treasure from the Gertrudis Cathedral in Utrecht)
• Bianca M. du Mortier, Tweedehands kleding in de 17e eeuw (Second hand clothing in the 17th century)
• Roger de Peuter, Mooie kleren voor hoge heren. Beschouwingen over de textielhandel te Brussel in het midden van de 16e eeuw (The Brussels textile trade in the 16th century)
• Herman Roodenburg, Over korsetten, lichaamshouding en gebaren. Een cultuurhistorische verkenning van de 'nieuwe fatsoenen' tussen ruwweg 1580 en 1630 (About corsets, posture and gestures. A cultural history of the 'nieuwe fatsoenen' between 1580 and 1630)
  
• Thera Wijsenbeek-Olthuis, Gestolen goed, diefstal van textiel in Den Haag 1600-1800 (Stealing textiles in The Hague between 1600 and 1800)

Rags to Riches: dress and dress accessories in social context

I am just passing this on to everyone interested: today I received an email with a call for papers for a interdisciplinary conference to be held at the University of Reading (UK) on the 21st April, "Rags to Riches: dress and dress accessories in social context".

This one day conference at the University of Reading aims to bring together archaeologists, anthropologists and others from related disciplines to discuss current issues of methodology, theory and interpretation of dress and dress accessories, from prehistory to the present day.

More details and the call for papers can be found here.

I regret not being able to submit a paper or attend the conference myself!