Ongoing research on Early Modern textiles in Denmark

Seminar by Morten Grymer-Hansen, Ditte Kröner and Anne Kristine Larsen. We are diving into the world of textiles and textile production in the early modern period presenting new and ongoing research.

Photo from Rijksmuseum / Wikimedia Commons
Photo from Nordiska museet / Creative Commons

Textile production and consumption in Early Modern Denmark remain an underrepresented topic in textile scholarship. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the field with new perspectives and methods showcasing a different view of not just textiles and their production but also the lives of the people who made and used them. This seminar dives into current studies of Early Modern textiles in Denmark and how they relate to the human experience.

Programme

  • Morten Grymer-Hansen - Weaving women in Denmark 1600-1800.
  • Kathrine Vestergaard Brandstrup - A sensory “box” within the 17th-18th century weaving landscape Københavns Museum - Preliminary studies of the excavations from Amaliegade
  • Anne-Kristine Sindvald Larsen - Clothing the Common People in Early Modern Denmark, How can we study the meaning of clothing worn by ordinary people hundreds of years ago?
  • Ditte Kröner - Collar me up - Collars as an Attribute of Status in early modern period