Worteldoek

Accessoires

From shawl to tablecloth
Huge cashmere shawls were a fashionable accessory among rich ladies in the nineteenth century. Paris was leading in this trend. In some Dutch regional dressings, in addition to other woolen shawls, so called worteldoeken – root scarfs –  were also worn, usually of a smaller size. The word is derived from the boteh motif: a pattern of drops or stylized pine cones that were seen as roots in the Netherlands. The loosely woven cloths with decorative patterns are most common in red and brown tones. The accessory remained in use in the twentieth century. Afterwards they were only draped in the interior, artfully along the wall, on the table or to decorate the mantelpiece.

 

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