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Reissue in mixed linen with battens and blue \u2013 bis \u2013 red stripes<\/p>\n
Blue or pastel dye has been cultivated on the banks of the Rhine since Charlemagne and his chapter edicts. This dye plant, cultivated as a complement to linen, generates a linen industry, dyed blue, was introduced into the weaving, into the weft in the form of alternate battens every 20 \u2013 30 cm in the warp in fine stripes and served as a mark to keep the weaving straight.<\/p>\n
The stripes in the weave also facilitated embroidery fantasies.<\/p>\n
Linen, from the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, was always spun and woven domestically in Alsace.<\/p>\n
In the 19th century, pastel was replaced by the chemical dark blue, \u201cBleu de Wissembourg\u201d (from lignite extract)<\/p>\n
Linen woven in blue is more specific to southern Alsace<\/p>\n
Collections of the Popular Museums of Alsace<\/p>\n
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Kelsch is still a local fabric woven in the old way. The kelsch is made of linen. Its patterns, available endlessly, vary, however, preferably around stripes and checks. All colors are found there with a preference for blues and reds. Traditionally the\u00a0Kelsch\u00a0fabric comes in ecru and blue, ecru and red checks or all three colors mixed.<\/p>\n
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A Brief History of Kelsch Fabric<\/p>\n
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Originally, this fabric was made of pure linen. Later, when cotton was imported and better known, from the 19th century, we began to make\u00a0kelsch fabric\u00a0in metis (i.e. with a cotton warp and a linen weft). flax has been cultivated in our regions since the 12th century, while cotton cultivation has never been possible there<\/p>\n
Kelsch was made by peasants in winter, at their homes. On most farms, there was a loom, the threads were dyed with indigo for blue and madder for red. tile types varied by region, weavers and families.<\/p>\n
This\u00a0kelsch fabric was used to make covers for feather duvets and pillowcases, most often the top of these covers was in kelsch, while the underside was in bleached linen. The curtains which closed the alcoves were also made of kelsch<\/p>\n
Tradition has it that in the last century, Catholics had predominantly red fabrics while Protestants very often had blue checks.<\/p>\n
Regarding the origin of the word “Kelsch”, it seems that it comes from the adjective “k\u00f6lnisch” (from cologne) recalling the use of “Cologne blue” cultivated on this side of the Rhine since the 8th century . Indeed, Charlemagne had ordered and governed by very strict edicts the planting of pastel (giving the blue color) of the dyers.<\/p>\n
Others put forward the idea that the word “kelsch” could be of Celtic origin. Indeed, the Celts planted flax and knew how to weave checkered fabrics, as the fabrics of the Scottish clans still bear witness to today…<\/p>\n
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