Designed to dry - Kitty van der Mijll Dekker X Vera Roggli

Tilburg (NL) > 27.1.2024 - 12.1.2025

Our relationship with household textiles has changed considerably over the years. In the damask presentation, you will discover more about this history and dive into the story of the - at the time - leading designer Kitty van der Mijll Dekker. This history inspired contemporary designer Vera Roggli. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, people handled household textiles differently than today. For instance, you had different types of cloths in your kitchen, each with its own function (the 'pot cloth', the tea towel, the cook's towel, etc.), the upper class would bring out the pure white damask table linen for special guests or occasions, and young women would collect all the pieces of their textile trousseau in preparation for marriage. The products were often simple in design and mainly focused on functionality. Kitty van der Mijl Dekker is one of the first textile designers of the era to change this.

Bild - und Textquelle: Museumswebsite

Veranstalter/ Ort
TextielMuseum - TextielLab
Goirkestraat 96
5046 GN Tilburg
Niederlande

weitere Infos: textielmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/designed-to-dry