#linen clothes

[endlessmazin]

[dukegemini]

[artandthebible]

The Entombment

Artist: Simon Vouet (French, 1590-1649)

Date: ca. 1636-1638

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: © MuMa Le Havre / Museum of Modern Art André Malraux, Le Havre, France

Description

The Entombment of Christ is a poignant, emotionally restrained Baroque masterpiece. Commissioned for the Séguier Chapel in France, it combines Italian Caravaggesque drama with the measured elegance that defined Vouet's French court style, characterized by monumental simplicity and rich, luminous color.

Jesus Is Buried

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb bin which no one had yet laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

(John 19:38-42)

[the-light-that-comes-through]

I was gifted money and chose to spend it on linen.

I have been successfully converted into the linen cult.

After years of hemming other people's polyester garments with much frustration, I thought cotton would be the ultimate fiber. Quilting cotton would forever be the easiest fabric to work with, the one which obeyed my fingers, the one which pressed correctly and would not burn or melt. I have been proven wrong.

The linen I purchased would be considered medium-to-poor quality in terms of its thread count and the presence of slubs. It was expensive nonetheless. A meter of linen had the cost equivalent of four meters of quilting cotton.

Still, the ease with which I am able to pull threads, cut, press—at times wholly unnecessary, as it creases easily under the pressure of a fingernail—has astounded me. This fiber bends to your will; it works with you, not against you, as any good material or tool should.

If this linen shirt turns out to be as antibacterial and durable as what I have seen be claimed, I fear that my wallet may never be the same.

Humanity was correct to use linen as a primary fiber for thousands of years of history. We should all return to it. At the end of it all, there will be linen.

[theglowsociety]

[saxonadventurer]

I dyed some white linen using pomegranate a couple of weeks ago, and then made a ring pouch using the dyed naterial

The inner ring is wood rather than ivory (for hopefully obvious reasons) and I have slightly altered how it sits due to the thickness of the linen. The outer fabric is the pomegranate dyed linen, and the inner fabric is a similar linen but in grey. All stitching was by hand, and done using a cream linen thread.

Shown alongside the pouch in the photos are a leather belt, two horn spoons, a bone comb, and a goose bone flute/whistle.

[divnadesign]

(via Linen wrap dress with a belt and open back/asymmetrical | Etsy)

[dukegemini]