Altes Leinen

Old linen touches and moves. It has style and character. Old linen is woven from local flax fibers, almost always hand-spun and hand-woven. It is significantly denser and more durable. Old linen possesses unexpected qualities; it tickles our senses and envelops us like a second skin. The beauty is that old linen waits in closets and at antique markets. But what do I do with old linen? How can I recognize it? How do I remove the yellowing? What are farmer's linen, jacquard, and damask? What is half, false, and real damask? Gertrud Berning, long-time head of the Landlust editorial team and former editor-in-chief of the magazine Einfach Hausgemacht, addresses these questions. She brings precious old linen rarities to light and back into today's everyday life, giving them new significance. Amazingly simple yet sophisticated, she works with old linen.