The most beloved moments of our lives can be seen in a love letter that's almost a hundred years old, or in a can opener with the paint worn off the handle.
One special treasure found in Europe is a template women used to make the embroidery patterns for the linens in the dowry. Hanne has the privilege of having the templates from her forebears.
Here are a couple of pictures.
When a woman got engaged, she bought some of these copper or tin templates, and a little blue ink, and proceeded to stencil the monograms on the kitchen linens, bed linens, etc.
Hanne kindly allowed me to scan her stencils in, so they can be shared with more people. Here are a few of the first scans.
2 comments:
Those are so exceptional. I've never seen anything like them. Hmmm... I wonder if the are still make somewhere. Sounds like something else to search for on the internet.
These are wonderful treasures, thanks to your friend for letting you put them on your blog.
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