The 6th calendar post is applications on the Dalhem 2 embroidery. The M is in fine linen and the boarder is in a fairly thick wool.
Dating late 15th early 16th century.
In the collections of the Historical museum, Stockholm, Sweden
/ Amica and Maria
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Our twenty-second advent calendar post is a detail from a gilded leather coverlet from Dalhem church, Småland, Sweden. This one is called Dalhem 2 since the church have got not only one but two coverlets connected to the church.
We would like you to look at the fabrics. The hard spun warp on the red fabric ( shows horizontal on the picture) and the thicker weft. And on the white fabric, that has got a z- spun warp and s-spun weft- giving a very dense look of the fabric. It gives sometimes a visual look of knitting when seen from the diagonal.
They piece is dated to late 15th early 16th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden.
/ Amica and Maria
Photo: Historical Textiles
Our twentieth advent calendar post is a small fragment of linen. Also today we show a quite unusual piece. It is a dark red linen fabric from Italy.
The fragment have got a small seam but we can’t say what it use to be. We know from sources that dyed linen did occur during the late medieval period in Italy. But it’s not the dye that we want you to focus on today.
We would like you to look at the seam. Check out the tiny back stitches. The scale above show millimeters. The stitches are less than 1 mm each.
They fragment is dated to late 15th early 16th century.
Now part of the secret Italian collection.
/ Amica and Maria
Photo: Historical Textiles
Our sixteenth advent calendar post is a selection of spindle whorls. They all comes from various archeological excavations from different Swedish cities. The whorls are made out of clay, lead, and bone.
The whorls have different shapes and weighs differently.
They whorls are dated 13-16th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden.
/ Amica and Maria
Photo: Historical Textiles
Our advent calendar starts with a famous mitten from Åsle, Sweden.
The mitten is made in naalbinding technique.
It’s made out of wool yarn. The fringe was originally red, green and undyed wool.
When the mitten was found it was dated to 3rd- 5th century. 2002 a C-14 dated changed that and placed the dating of the mitten to 1510-1640.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden.
/ Amica and Maria
Photo: Historical textiles
This week we are in Italy and are preparing a lecture and analysis of the secret Italian collection.
Here is a picture from today’s work.
Stay tuned for more info! 
We would like to wish you all a happy weekend with some historical textiles.
We would also like to celebrate that we have over 10.000 followers in Facebook.
We could never have thought that there were so many textiles nerd’s out there. <3
This week we focus on fringes on various historical textiles. All, except one, are woven in silk. The last one is woven in linen.
The fringes are attached to various items all related to church textiles.
The fringes can all be found in the collections of Statens Historiska museum in Sweden.
The items are dated to 14-17th century.
/ Amica and Maria
Our eighteenth calendar post is an embroidery. From Västerås- Barkarö church, Sweden. It’s a work from north Germany.
Here we can see a close up on the embroidery. Metal thread embroidered on linen. The metal is spun around a silk core.
The item dates to ca. 1500 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our eleventh calendar post is a tablet woven band with a fringe attached to a cope. From Ösmo church, Sweden.
The band is made out if silk or linen and the fringe is made out of silk and linen. It’s green, white and a now faded orange/ red.
The fringe dates to 15th- 16th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
Our seventh calendar post is a purse made out of a reused embroidery, with a backside of leather, from an unknown Swedish church.
Here we can see Maria Magdalena. The embroidery is made out of silk and metal thread.
The dating is late 15th or early 16th century.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
