Lot 44
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A collection of babies' bonnets, including one of Indian chintz, the bonnet 19th century, the chintz 18th century; and a number of silk brocade bonnets of 18th century silk
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE MARKEN ARCHIVE OF TRADITIONAL DUTCH COSTUME The following lots were collected over the last decades by an inhabitant of the village of Marken. She became the village's costume archivist, meticulously collecting, mending and documenting as far as possible the traditional costume worn by the people of Marken. Marken is recorded in the 13th century as the site of a Friesian monastery. It became an island after the great flood of 1164 and became the property of Amsterdam in the fourteenth century. In the seventeenth century, the island gained prominence as a commercial port and it became independent at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Originally a fishing village on an island, tourism is increasingly the main source of income. The stilt houses and the characteristic style of decorating buildings with green and white stripes are main sources of attraction along with the quayside. Marken was renowned for the manufacture of traditional wooden clogs, but also for the way the villagers dressed their children. It was custom to clothe boys in dresses to protect them from the fairies. Consequently Marken boys and girls wore identical costume and had the same long blonde ringlets until they were six or seven years old. It is thought that this tradition originated in the seventeenth century and, supposedly, boys could only be distinguished from girls by the different decoration that they wore on their white head caps. Between the ages of seven and twelve, boys wore baggy trousers but from the waist up kept the bodice along with the curls. This custom continued well into the twentieth century. Marken remains today a time capsule and one of Holland's most charming tourist attractions.
A collection of babies' bonnets, including one of Indian chintz, the bonnet 19th century, the chintz 18th century; and a number of silk brocade bonnets of 18th century silk

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A collection of babies' bonnets, including one of Indian chintz, the bonnet 19th century, the chintz 18th century; and a number of silk brocade bonnets of 18th century silk
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