Newsletter no. 5-2008

Editors/Redaktion

This newsletter is written in order to spread experiences within the topic of ”historic textiles”. Our ambition is to amuse you and stimulate interest in the 18th Century. As permanent writers you will find Martin Ciszuk, MA in textile history and Laila Durán, who all work for the Durán Textiles AB company. We will also have help from colleagues and specialists from several museums and universities. This newsletter will be distributed ten times a year and is free of charge. We hope you will enjoy our articles and offers and help us to spread the letter to friends and colleagues.
Contact: www.durantextiles.com

Detta nyhetsbrev skrivs för att sprida erfarenheter inom ämnet ”historiska textiler” och 1700-talet. Ambitionen är att roa och stimulera intresset. Vi som skriver är Martin Ciszuk Fil.mag textilvetenskap, och Laila Durán, samtliga verksamma inom Durán Textiles AB. Till vår hjälp har vi kollegor och specialister från olika muséer och universitet.
Nyhetsbrevet kommer ut tio gånger per år och är helt kostnadsfritt. Vi hoppas ni skall uppskatta våra artiklar och erbjudanden och även sprida informationen vidare till Era vänner.
Kontakt: www.durantextiles.com

Original and Reproduktion
– the short gown from Kallfors.

Text: Martin Ciszuk Photo: Laila Durán.

The woman’s short gown from Kallfors, Sweden (see Durán Textiles Newsletter 7-07 and 2-08) belongs to a private collection. This spring we met again with the owner of this collection and had the possibility to compare two of our reproductions with the original fabrics. We shot pictures and evaluated our work.

The results are excellent. Despite the difficulty to decide the original nuances of colour from the faded, worn and stained originals, and despite the small alternations which were made to adopt the design to the screen printing technology, our reproduced fabrics come very close to the originals concerning colour and expression. The progress is owing to the cooperation of different skills contained in the Durán Textiles company: the thorough documentation and high quality photography, the skilful cleaning and redrawing of the designs, the well-founded choices of colour nuances, technology and raw materials and finally the competent Indian crafts men and our coordinator in Bangalore.

In the future we hope to include both originals and reproductions in an exhibition for a wider public.

The reproduced design ROSITA and the lining of the original short gown. The print could be dated to the 1750- or 60-ties and was probably used as an interior fabric before it was reused for the lining of the garment.

Original and Reproduktion – the short gown from Kallfors. Text: Martin Ciszuk Photo: Laila Durán.

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Original and Reproduktion
– the short gown from Kallfors.
Text: Martin Ciszuk Photo: Laila Durán.

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