Workshop practice and production of textiles: recent and ongoing research

Date: 23 November 2023
Location: Collectie Centrum Nederland (CCNL). Verbindingsweg 1, Amersfoort (10 min walk from Amersfoort Vathorst)
Registration: Link (deadline: 15 November 2023)
Conditions: the number of places (40) is limited. Important: to be granted access to CCNL, bring a valid ID card or passport.

Thursday 23 November 2023, the OSK section Studio Practice & History of Art Production will organize a Section Day at the Collectie Centrum Nederland (CCNL).This day focuses on recent and ongoing research into the (historical) workshop practice and production of textiles, with lectures on the making of tapestries, clothing and canvases, dyeing practices for textiles and their quality control, the profession of tailors and ‘Tapissiers’, the weaving workshops by Bauhaus textile artist Gunta Stötzl, and about textile as a material and source of inspiration for contemporary artists. The day will be concluded by a guided tour of textile objects in the depots of the Rijksmuseum and the Cultural Heritage Agency at CCNL.

Preliminary program  

09.00 – 09.30	Entry and registration
09.30 – 12.00	Morning program
	Margriet van Eikema Hommes (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) Welcome Zofia Zhang (University of Amsterdam) Condition and risk assessment of textile samples in the Stalenboeken van de Lakenhal Jos Beerens (Netherlands Institute for Art History) Woven in Gouda: Tapestry production in Gouda in the seventeenth century Art Proano Gabor (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) Tapestry The Relief of Leiden: history, materials and restoration insights Ana Serrano (University of Amsterdam) From fine brocades to crimson velvets: A lavish group of mid-17th-century silks found in the Wadden Sea, North Holland Susan Smelt, Rob Erdmann (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam), Ingeborg Meijssen (Ingeborg Meijssen Textiles) Canvassing the making. Understanding plain woven canvases of old master paintings by handweaving and analysing reconstructions.
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00-14.30	Guided tour in the depots of the Rijksmuseum and the Cultural Heritage Agency in CCNL
14.30 – 15.15	Bianca du Mortier (formerly Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) Tailors: their position & craftsmanship in the Northern Netherlands around 1600 Aagje Gosliga (Leiden University; Gosliga Kunsthistorisch Onderzoek) Sieur Bimont’s “Principes de l’art du tapissier” as a source for technical knowledge of upholstery
15.15 – 15.45	Tea
15.45 – 16.45	Mirjam Dekkers (University of Groningen) Gunta Stölzl’s Weaving Workshops from Germany to Switzerland Gijs Frieling (Muralist; Atelier Rijksbouwmeester) Imagination and ornament Closing
16.45-18.00	Drinks at CCNL