Reinhekla offers expertise on Scandinavian folk dresses
Reinhekla is a knowledge-based company working with historical textiles, Scandinavian folk dresses and traditional handicrafts.
Jon
Fredrik Skauge, researcher, lecturer and historian established the
business in 2008. His special skills are old folk dress traditions,
such as the shape and designs of the garments, the types of textiles
and materials and the various decorations used on Scandinavian folk
dresses.
Jon Fredrik Skauge has gained
his theoretical and practical knowledge of historical and traditional
folk dress and fashion from his many years’ involvement in Norwegian
and Scandinavian cultural institutions, and from studying history and
cultural history at Norwegian universities.
Through
his consulting services, lectures and practical and theoretical classes
he communicates knowledge about Scandinavian folk dress traditions and
textiles. Using historical information from a certain area he
reconstructs and produces folk dresses from the 19th century. The
dresses are entirely hand sewn and individually adapted to fit the
client. When making the folk dress he puts a lot of effort in
understanding the customers’ preferences of colours and materials,
although always faithful to the historical sources.
The
Reinhekla Shop offers Reinheklas own reconstructed folk dresses and a
wide range of traditional craft items such as textiles, pottery and
glass. The shop also offers modern designed Norwegian clothing, which
can be described as innovations based on knowledge about the cut and
style of traditional Norwegian dresses.
The
Norwegian word Reinhekla derives from the production of linen from the
linen plant. The fibres in the straws of the linen plant, which are of
highest quality, are called “reinhekla”. In Norwegian “reinhekla” means
authentic, honest and reliable. |
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Folk dress in empire style from mid Norway from the early 19th century. Reconstructions by Jon Fredrik Skauge.
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