Stories

Eleven stories. What lies behind the Gwand: where the fabrics come from, what is made by hand and what it is made for.

Autumn fabrics

Walk, Tuchloden and virgin wool: felted, densified and weatherproof.

Hand printing, smocking, embroidery and plating: what is made by hand and how you recognise it.

From the flax plant through blue printing to the finished Gwand.

The flax for our linen grows where rain and sea air let it become long and straight.

Four variants, chamois-tanned, from the leather of the native red deer.

Pin tucks, drawn-thread work and bobbin lace — handwork since the 1980s.

Waffle smocking on the finest leather — every row worked in by hand.

Tuchloden, pure silk and the fur of the red fox: a month of handwork for one Dirndl.

Gobelin embroidery in the colours of the House of Meran, on robust cowhide.

Gobelin embroidery in the colours of the House of Wittelsbach, on robust cowhide.