MYNTA blue

Repeat ca 2,0 x 0,8 cm. Width 145 cm.

Skansens klädkammare, Stockholm, Sweden. The original is a lining in a small stiff silk bonnet, a characteristic part of Swedish peasant woman’s costume, dated to the first half of the 19th century. The fabric is a resist-printed fine cotton with white leaves on indigo blue ground. These small patterned fabrics are characteristic for the beginning of the 19th century. They were used mainly for clothing as aprons, kerchiefs and linings.