Antique Textiles...
Our Dear Friend Janneke has a little antique textile collection inherited from her family who originally came from Groningen (the province we stayed this summer). This week she did unpack an old trunk to give all the garments some fresh air..and to check the condition. She phoned me up and invited me to have a look at it. She know I am always interested in everything textile related... On the table and on Clothes Horses was a big selection of linen vests. Spread out they would look like this: For Men. For Women. They used to be worn under the daily garments. They are long, which has to do with the fact that underpants were not invented at that time, so the underside was slipped between the legs to form a kind of...pants. They are made of linen and one could see differences in structure.. I am always intrigued in those kind of garments (many have been saved in textilecollections), because they are worn by a person. Who this person is can be figuered out by the mo...