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Historical costume – inside and out: The women’s clothing in Northern Europe 1360-1415

A few weeks ago, “Historical Costume – inside and out: The women’s clothing in Northern Europe 1360-1415” was released , Maria Neijman is one of the two authors and as you may know, she is also 50% of Historical Textiles.

What is the book about? As the title indicates, it is a book that overall shows how women in the Northern parts of Europe between the period 1360-1415 could dress. The book contains principle sketches of patterns, stitch descriptions and much, much more.

In early 2021, the book will be published translated into English. For those of you who are interested in buying the book, can already now pre-order your copy.

The book cost 175SEK. Shipping to Europe for a book costs 130 SEK. Australia and the USA cost 104SEK. Of course traceable!
Payment either via Paypal or bank transfer.

Book your book by emailing Maria at neijman(a)icloud.com Do not forget to write your full address. For those of you who want to buy the book in Swedish, you can email already now!

List of books related to plant dyeing

After our latest plant dyeing lecture we got a question of good books related to plant dyeing.

Here are our favorites:

Växtfärgning / Gösta Sandberg & Jan Sisefsky

En farverig verden/ Anne Støvlbæk Kjær & Louise Schelde Jensen

Indigo- en bok om blå textilier/ Gösta Sandberg

Den blå handen- Om Stockholms färgare 1650- 1900/ Eva Bergström

Kulör i träff- Minnesskrift vid invigningen av Färgargården i Norrköping 20 maj 1939

N. Wide 1869- anteckningar från Widegårdens färgeri i Sundsvall- köpes av Sundsvalls hembygdsmuseum

Purpur, koschenill och krapp- en bok om röda textilier/ Gösta Sandberg
1700-tals textil- Anders Bergs samling i Nordiska Museet

En handbok om indigo: färgning och projekt/ Kerstin Neumüller & Douglas Luhanko

Natural Dyes : Sources, Tradition, Technology and Science / Dominique Cardon

The Colourful Past: Origins, Chemistry and Identification of Natural Dyestuffs / Judith H. Hofenk de GraaffWilma G. Th RoelofsMaarten R. van Bommel

The list will be updated!
/ Amica and Maria