fashionsfromhistory:Coat or Wentke1750-1775Women in Hindeloopen, a town in the northern Netherlandis
fashionsfromhistory:Coat or Wentke1750-1775Women in Hindeloopen, a town in the northern Netherlandish province of Friesland, traditionally wore this type of striking lightweight coat, called a wentke, on special occasions. Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, wentkes were usually made of boldly patterned Indian chintzes, and contrary to the custom in the rest of Europe of confining chintz to casual and private occasions, residents of Hindeloopen elevated this exotic fabric to a formal status. The wentke was often worn with other garments of Indian cotton. (MET)Rijksmuseum -- source link
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