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Hedebo Embroidery and types of textiles

In the exhibition ”Hedebo Embroidery – a World of Variations” we have given priority to those textiles which as a whole provide the greatest insight in the development and composition of the most different variations of white embroideries all named Hedebo Embroidery.

Hvid brudeskjorte med hedebo-syet pynt

Bridal shirt with counted thread work on shoulders, cuffs and front.

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    Bridal shirts

    A number of shirts have been given to Greve Museum as bridal shirts. In the first half of the 19th century on the Heath it was a tradition to sew a special shirt with Hedebo Embroidery when a wedding was scheduled. The shirt was most often sewn by the future wife. After the wedding the shirt was used at special occassions.

    Mønster med otte-takket stjerne, der sammen med de skrå linier og små kvadrater er typiske for tællesyning.
    Manchet, læg mærke til de fine læg og to rækker stikkesting med knuder imellem på manchetterne.

    Decorative towels

    The decorative towels are about 35 cm in width and 150-170 cm long with two or three borders. On holidays and feasts the towels hang on the coloured, wowen curtains on the alcove in the Hedebo livingroom. The girls made the decorative towels when they passed their communion. The towels became a part of the trousseau. Some of the decorated towels were inherited.

    Pyntehåndklæde med dragværk og trendfletning.
    Læg mærke til mærker og huller i stoffet, efter et monogram der er fjernet.
    Trendfletningen

    "Knæduge"

    A “knædug” is about 75 cm in width and 100 cm long. The textile is named from the pole, hanging over the oven in the livingroom of the peasants. In Danish this pole is called a “knæ”. It was used for drying socks. On holidays and feasts the pole was decorated with the embroidered “knædug”.

    Knædug med dragværk.
    Trendfletningen er flettet på et bredere stykke stof, som er sømmet smalt og bukket om, så det passer i bredden.
    Læg mærke til at i siderne er trådene trukket ud til ægkanten, hvor de er klippet af.

    Post pieces

    Behind the husband, sitting at the end of the long table, a cabinet with two twined posts was hanging on the wall. The post pieces  were tied to the posts with two silk ribbons and are found in pairs – often with the monogram of the owner sewn on the one, and a year on the other.

    Stolpestykke med hvidsøm og rudesyning
    1833 syet i stoffet.
    Smuk fladsyning

    Collars

    In the exhibition two forms of collars are shown. We show the the older collars, unpicked from the womens shifts. We also show the removable collars used on different dresses. The collars on the shifts are normally rectangular. The variations in shape of the removable collars are telling us, when the collars are made.

    Krave med hvidsøm og rudesyning pillet af en særk.
    Lodrette blonde langs kravens ender er syet først, den vandrette blonde nederst er syet sidst.
    Stoppede hulsøm, hvis gennembrudte mønster kun anes, da kraven er syet i dobbelt stof.
    Sidst opdateret: 6. november 2024